ACUITY INC. vs SHARKNINJA, INC., two Appliances stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AYI and SN diverge most: on dividend yield, AYI reads 0.2% and SN reads 0.7%; on fcf yield, AYI reads 6.2% and SN reads 2.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AYI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AYI | SN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $333.10 | $152.66 |
| Market cap | $10.3B | $21.7B |
| Sector | Appliances | Appliances |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.3% | — |
| P/E | 22.1 | 30.9 |
| P/B | 3.62 | 7.85 |
| P/S | 2.24 | 3.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7 | 20.7 |
| Revenue growth | +11.0% | +15.0% |
| Gross margin | 50.6% | 49.0% |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 14.4% |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 11.0% |
| Return on equity | 16.6% | 25.4% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 14.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.3% | 20.6% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.24 | 0.26 |
| Current ratio | 2.05 | 2.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.21 | 8.59 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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