TE CONNECTIVITY PLC vs WESCO International, Inc., two Distribution stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
TE Connectivity manufactures connectors and sensors at a 15.54% margin; WESCO distributes electrical products at 2.79%, and the gap between making and moving is the whole story. TE earns a 21.96% return on equity against WESCO's 13.24%, on far lighter debt, 0.43 turns against 1.13, and trades cheaper, 20.2 times earnings against 24.7. TE converts far more free cash, 5.81% against 1.25%. The pair is quality against leverage: TE owns its products, its margins, and a clean balance sheet, WESCO earns a thin distributor's cut financed with debt, and TE is the stronger business by a wide margin at a lower price, one of the clearer mismatches in the group.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | TEL | WCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $200.28 | $334.98 |
| Market cap | $59.1B | $16.6B |
| Sector | Distribution | Distribution |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.7% | +20.3% |
| P/E | 20.4 | 23.8 |
| P/B | 4.46 | 3.25 |
| P/S | 3.16 | 0.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.4 | 15.0 |
| Revenue growth | +16.7% | +11.2% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.1% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 22.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 11.3% | 4.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.7% | 9.3% |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 1.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 1.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 2.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.67 | 3.16 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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