ASML HOLDING NV vs ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASML and ITW diverge most: on debt / equity, ASML reads 0.22 and ITW reads 3.35; on dividend yield, ASML reads 0.4% and ITW reads 2.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ITW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ASML | ITW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1780.30 | $264.08 |
| Market cap | $692.4B | $75.8B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +9.5% |
| P/E | 66.3 | 23.9 |
| P/B | 32.48 | 26.18 |
| P/S | 19.50 | 4.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 51.0 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +4.3% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | 26.7% |
| Net margin | 29.4% | 19.4% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 110.3% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 19.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | 28.9% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 3.35 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.11 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.02 | 9.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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