CUMMINS INC vs ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CMI and ITW diverge most: on debt / equity, CMI reads 0.03 and ITW reads 2.83; on revenue growth, CMI reads +0.1% and ITW reads +2.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CMI price has a different growth bar priced in than ITW (+20.3% implied for CMI vs +11.7% for ITW); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CMI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ITW'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 | CMI | ITW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $634.29 | $287.00 |
| Market cap | $88.0B | $83.0B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.3% | +11.7% |
| P/E | 33.0 | 26.6 |
| P/B | 6.58 | 25.69 |
| P/S | 2.60 | 5.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.7 | 20.9 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | +2.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 25.4% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 19.3% |
| Return on equity | 20.8% | 97.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 19.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.4% | 27.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 2.83 |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.19 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.77 | 9.90 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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