CAE 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.
Where CAE and SPB diverge most: on revenue growth, CAE reads +12.2% and SPB reads -3.5%; on debt / equity, CAE reads 0.00 and SPB reads 0.31. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CAE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SPB'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 | CAE | SPB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $25.81 | $88.78 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Electrical Equipment | Electrical Equipment |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +10.2% | — |
| P/E | — | 17.3 |
| P/B | 2.25 | 1.09 |
| P/S | 2.38 | 0.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| Revenue growth | +12.2% | -3.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 38.1% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 4.5% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 14.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 2.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.92 | 2.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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