AAON vs LII vs SPXC Stock Comparison

Aaon, Lennox International and SPX Technologies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AAON Aaon, Inc.
$68.85 -16.4% 1M -32.3% 1Y
Market cap
$5.82B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
Div. yield
–
HVAC Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lennox International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lennox International 6, SPX Technologies 4, Aaon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAAONLIISPXCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.82B $12.70B $8.12B LII
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.5x 16.1x 29.1x LII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.9x 16.6x 18.6x LII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +53.5% -2.1% +20.6% AAON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.2% 14.9% 11.3% LII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 29.8% 10.5% LII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.3x 0.8x SPXC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -32.3% -24.0% -15.8% SPXC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.9%/yr +3.8%/yr +21.4%/yr SPXC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.5% 41.0% 41.5% LII
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 58/100 70/100 SPXC

Percentile Scorecard

AAONLIISPXC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAAONLIISPXC
Valuation 7 #51 of 55 46 #30 of 55 41 #33 of 55
Growth 78 #12 of 51 46 #28 of 51 100 #1 of 51
Profitability 50 #26 of 51 92 #5 of 51 68 #17 of 51
Financial Health 66 #21 of 59 38 #37 of 59 71 #18 of 59
Shareholder Returns 8 #38 of 41 70 #13 of 41 –
Overall 42 58 70
  • AAON ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • LII ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • SPXC ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAAONLIISPXCSPY
1 month -16.4%+1.0%-7.6% -1.0%
3 months -32.9%-30.5%-27.2% +2.9%
6 months -30.9%-23.4%-28.1% +6.4%
Year to date -9.7%-22.5%-19.9% +11.4%
1 year -32.3%-24.0%-15.8% +13.1%
3 years +29.4%+8.9%+101.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +9.0%+2.9%+26.2% +21.5%
5 years +46.0%+20.5%+163.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year +7.9%+3.8%+21.4% +10.9%
10 years +249.5%+150.6%+701.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +13.3%+9.6%+23.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAAONLIISPXCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.5%41.0%41.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 57.5%46.0%41.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.171.341.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.54-0.59-0.38 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.6%-48.6%-38.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.6%-34.4%-34.9% -2.5%
52-week high $148.25$572.95$246.41 $779.14
52-week low $68.85$348.85$160.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAAONLIISPXC
P/E now vs peer median 35.5xmedian 19.9x 16.5xmedian 19.9x 28.8xmedian 19.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.5x 2.5xmedian 1.5x 3.2xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.4xmedian 12.6x 12.5xmedian 12.6x 16.0xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -47.8xmedian 16.1x 17.6xmedian 16.1x 26.4xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 3.0x 10.0xmedian 3.0x 3.4xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 16.31median 0.98 1.22median 0.98 0.43median 0.98

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAAONLIISPXC
Revenue $1.93B $5.30B $2.48B
Gross profit $494.09M $1.77B $996.30M
Operating income $213.50M $1.04B $399.90M
Net income $159.29M $788.60M $278.90M
Free cash flow -$118.79M $738.70M $304.30M
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $22.66 $5.50
Cash & equivalents $13.00K $51.50M $166.40M
Total debt $1.62B $1.58B $2.29B
Shares (diluted) 83.72M 34.80M 50.68M
Enterprise value $5.82B $12.50B $7.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAAONLIISPXC
P/E 35.5x 16.5x 28.8x
P/FCF -47.8x 17.6x 26.4x
P/Operating cash flow 65.6x 14.5x 19.0x
P/S 2.9x 2.5x 3.2x
P/B 5.6x 10.0x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 5.6x 12.6x 6.0x
EV/EBITDA 20.4x 12.5x 16.0x
EV/EBIT 28.6x 13.9x 21.2x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 2.7x 3.4x
EV/FCF -51.4x 19.7x 27.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 70.6x 16.2x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 16.31 1.22 0.43

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAAONLIISPXC
Revenue growth (1Y) 53.5% -2.1% 20.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 3.4% 15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 36.9% -2.2% 18.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 8.5% 17.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 39.0% -2.6% 24.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 12.3% 52.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 30.5% -6.6% 32.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 12.7% 72.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.3% -4.7% 23.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 13.5% 67.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 157.7% 7.1% 52.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 28.7% 131.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.7% 8.6% 23.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -74.9% 38.2% 168.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAAONLIISPXC
Gross margin 25.6% 33.3% 40.2%
EBITDA margin 15.5% 22.0% 21.4%
Operating margin 11.0% 19.7% 16.2%
Pretax margin 9.9% 18.5% 14.8%
Net margin 8.2% 14.9% 11.3%
FCF margin -6.1% 13.9% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin 4.5% 16.9% 17.1%
Return on equity 16.4% 62.8% 12.0%
Return on assets 8.7% 17.8% 7.1%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 29.8% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 14.3% 35.0% 12.1%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.1x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAAONLIISPXC
Debt / assets 23.3% 34.8% 15.6%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.3x 0.8x
Debt / FCF -3.7x 2.1x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 45.8% 71.5% 40.4%
Equity / assets 54.2% 28.5% 59.6%
Interest coverage – 18.5x 10.7x
Current ratio 3.0x 1.6x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 6.52 6.14 4.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAAONLIISPXC
Dividend yield 0.6% 1.4% –
Net buyback yield -0.6% 2.6% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 4.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 23.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 24.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 11.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAAONLIISPXC
Forward P/E 30.9xFY2026 16.6xFY2026 18.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.23FY2026 $22.66FY2026 $8.60FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +65.2%FY2026 -2.2%FY2026 +27.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +56.1% +8.1% +19.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.44BFY2026 $5.75BFY2026 $2.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.6%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.8% +7.7% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAAONLIISPXC
Held by institutions 78.7% 77.3% 93.8%
Institutions holding 469 655 510
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0% +1.8% +10.8%
Institutions buying 241 315 275
Institutions selling 174 236 162
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.33 1.70

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AAONLIISPXC
AAON 1.00 0.37 0.42
LII 0.37 1.00 0.43
SPXC 0.42 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AAON, LII and SPXC?

Lennox International (LII) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aaon (AAON) $5.82B, Lennox International (LII) $12.70B, SPX Technologies (SPXC) $8.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, AAON, LII and SPXC?

Lennox International (LII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aaon (AAON) 36.5x, Lennox International (LII) 16.1x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 29.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lennox International (LII) is cheapest (Aaon (AAON) 30.9x, Lennox International (LII) 16.6x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 18.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Aaon (AAON) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aaon (AAON) +53.5%, Lennox International (LII) -2.1%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +20.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lennox International (LII) has the highest net margin (Aaon (AAON) 8.2%, Lennox International (LII) 14.9%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 11.3%). On return on invested capital, Lennox International (LII) leads (Aaon (AAON) 12.7%, Lennox International (LII) 29.8%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year SPX Technologies (SPXC) returned the most: Aaon (AAON) -32.3%, Lennox International (LII) -24.0%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) -15.8%. Over five years, SPX Technologies (SPXC) compounded fastest (Aaon (AAON) +7.9%/yr, Lennox International (LII) +3.8%/yr, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Aaon (AAON) 0.00%, Lennox International (LII) 0.01%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 0.00%. Aaon (AAON) and SPX Technologies (SPXC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lennox International (LII) has been the steadiest (Aaon (AAON) 59.5%, Lennox International (LII) 41.0%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 41.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AAON, LII and SPXC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lennox International (LII) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.