EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 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 EMR and ITW diverge most: on return on equity, EMR reads 12.6% and ITW reads 110.3%; on p/b, EMR reads 4.45 and ITW reads 26.18. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | EMR | ITW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $161.84 | $264.08 |
| Market cap | $90.8B | $75.8B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +9.5% |
| P/E | — | 23.9 |
| P/B | 4.45 | 26.18 |
| P/S | 4.87 | 4.60 |
| EV/EBITDA | 68.6 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +4.8% | +4.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 26.7% |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 19.4% |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 110.3% |
| Return on assets | 6.1% | 19.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 28.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.64 | 3.35 |
| Current ratio | 0.90 | 1.11 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.79 | 9.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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