Atkore Inc. vs SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC., two Electrical Equipment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Atkore's electrical conduit business turned unprofitable this cycle after prices normalized, though it still produces free cash worth 5.48% of its price. Spectrum Brands sells home hardware, pet, and personal-care products, earns 6.63% on equity, and gushes cash, a 14.22% free cash flow yield that towers over most of its peers. Spectrum trades near its asset value, 1.07 times book, against Atkore's 2.06, and pays a 2.15% dividend Atkore's loss year cannot support. Spectrum carries lighter debt, 0.31 to equity against 0.60. At $2.0B Spectrum is a bit smaller than Atkore at $2.6B, but the profitable and cash-rich one of the pair today.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ATKR | SPB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.35 | $83.18 |
| Market cap | $2.5B | $1.9B |
| Sector | Electrical Equipment | Electrical Equipment |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.2% | — |
| P/E | — | 16.2 |
| P/B | 1.92 | 1.02 |
| P/S | 0.85 | 0.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.1 | 10.4 |
| Revenue growth | -3.0% | -3.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 38.1% |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | -4.2% | 4.5% |
| Return on equity | -9.4% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | -4.2% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.4% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 15.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 2.64 | 2.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.78 | 2.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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