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.
CAE, the flight-training and simulator maker, earns 8.34% on equity at an 8.81% net margin and runs with no net debt. Spectrum Brands sells home, pet, and personal-care goods, earns a lower 6.63% on equity, but converts a remarkable 14.22% of its price into free cash flow against CAE's 4.88%. Spectrum trades at just 1.07 times book, near its asset value, while CAE fetches 2.22, and Spectrum pays a 2.15% dividend CAE does not. Spectrum carries 0.31 debt to equity. CAE is four times Spectrum's size at $8.1B against $2.0B, yet the weaker cash generator of the pair.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CAE | SPB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $25.64 | $83.18 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $1.9B |
| Sector | Electrical Equipment | Electrical Equipment |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.5% | — |
| P/E | — | 16.2 |
| P/B | 2.24 | 1.02 |
| P/S | 2.36 | 0.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5 | 10.4 |
| 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 | 4.9% | 15.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 2.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.91 | 2.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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