EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. vs LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EMR and LRCX diverge most: on p/b, EMR reads 3.85 and LRCX reads 41.60; on revenue growth, EMR reads +4.0% and LRCX reads +26.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EMR's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What LRCX'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 | EMR | LRCX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $138.81 | $350.21 |
| Market cap | $78.2B | $440.3B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 66.2 |
| P/B | 3.85 | 41.60 |
| P/S | 4.27 | 20.31 |
| EV/EBITDA | 61.9 | 58.4 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +26.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.8% |
| Operating margin | — | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 30.9% |
| Return on equity | 12.0% | 63.4% |
| Return on assets | 5.8% | 32.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 47.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 1.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | 0.35 |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 2.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.76 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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