EATON CORPORATION plc vs GE Vernova Inc., two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ETN and GEV diverge most: on dividend yield, ETN reads 1.0% and GEV reads 0.1%; on debt / equity, ETN reads 1.02 and GEV reads 0.21. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | ETN | GEV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $415.36 | $990.15 |
| Market cap | $161.8B | $267.3B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 42.3 | 28.4 |
| P/B | 7.97 | 20.38 |
| P/S | 5.39 | 6.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 171.8 | 109.5 |
| Revenue growth | +15.4% | +13.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 5.9% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 18.9% | 16.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 2.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 7.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | 0.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 0.85 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.88 | 2.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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