CUMMINS INC. vs EATON CORPORATION plc, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMI and ETN diverge most: on ev/ebitda, CMI reads 15.1 and ETN reads 289.8; on revenue growth, CMI reads +2.9% and ETN reads +15.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CMI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ETN'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 | CMI | ETN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $523.32 | $429.68 |
| Market cap | $72.5B | $167.4B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.8% | — |
| P/E | 26.8 | 43.8 |
| P/B | 5.21 | 8.24 |
| P/S | 2.09 | 5.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1 | 289.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.9% | +15.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | — |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 20.3% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.73 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.29 | 6.88 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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