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 revenue growth, CMI reads +0.1% and ETN reads +15.4%; on debt / equity, CMI reads 0.03 and ETN reads 1.02. 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 | $634.29 | $415.36 |
| Market cap | $88.0B | $161.8B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.3% | — |
| P/E | 33.0 | 42.3 |
| P/B | 6.58 | 7.97 |
| P/S | 2.60 | 5.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.7 | 171.8 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +15.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | — |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 20.8% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.77 | 6.88 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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