AEIS vs APWC vs NVT Stock Comparison

Advanced Energy Industries, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and nVent Electric Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NVT nVent Electric plc
$129.27 -23.8% 1M +15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$18.10B
P/E
26.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.29B
Div. yield
0.01%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

nVent Electric leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (nVent Electric 7, Advanced Energy Industries 3, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEISAPWCNVTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.40B $23.11M $18.10B NVT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.1x 3.4x 26.6x APWC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.2x — 25.9x AEIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.7% +9.0% +48.0% NVT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.7% 1.3% 12.8% NVT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.9% 4.1% 12.3% NVT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — 0.9x AEIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.8% -41.6% +15.0% AEIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.5%/yr -18.5%/yr +28.6%/yr NVT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.4% 59.1% 50.7% NVT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 56/100 62/100 NVT

Percentile Scorecard

AEISAPWCNVT

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

AxisAEISAPWCNVT
Valuation 21 #162 of 204 64 #75 of 204 35 #133 of 204
Growth 85 #30 of 191 60 #77 of 191 91 #19 of 191
Profitability 61 #74 of 189 23 #146 of 189 75 #48 of 189
Financial Health 62 #85 of 221 80 #46 of 221 64 #81 of 221
Shareholder Returns 19 #129 of 158 – 48 #83 of 158
Overall 49 56 62
  • AEIS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • APWC ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • NVT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAEISAPWCNVTSPY
1 month -21.7%-14.7%-23.8% -2.0%
3 months -30.3%-28.6%-20.3% -2.2%
6 months -31.1%-28.1%-23.7% +4.2%
Year to date +13.7%-41.0%+26.8% +10.6%
1 year +15.8%-41.6%+15.0% +10.4%
3 years +159.5%-14.7%+159.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year +37.5%-5.2%+37.4% +20.2%
5 years +153.4%-63.9%+251.8% +61.6%
5 years, per year +20.5%-18.5%+28.6% +10.1%
10 years +411.6%-50.2%— +261.3%
10 years, per year +17.7%-6.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAEISAPWCNVTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.4%59.1%50.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.6%48.0%58.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.810.622.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.24-0.700.30 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.3%-66.6%-47.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.8%-47.4%-29.9% -3.2%
52-week high $389.05$2.09$184.34 $779.14
52-week low $188.88$1.10$94.99 $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.

MultipleAEISAPWCNVT
P/E now vs peer median 33.0xmedian 25.4x 3.3xmedian 25.4x 30.8xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 1.9x 0.0xmedian 1.9x 3.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.6xmedian 14.5x —median 14.5x 18.8xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 134.0xmedian 23.6x -3.4xmedian 23.6x 31.0xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 2.2x 0.1xmedian 2.2x 5.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.31median 1.21 —median 1.21 1.27median 1.21

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 monthsAEISAPWCNVT
Revenue $2.27B $529.68M $5.29B
Gross profit $915.20M $43.84M $1.94B
Operating income $363.20M $13.32M $942.50M
Net income $288.80M $11.40M $679.50M
Free cash flow $71.10M -$6.69M $673.00M
R&D $254.60M – $92.80M
EPS (diluted) $6.98 $0.33 $4.14
Cash & equivalents $1.42B $64.58M $1.12B
Total debt $1.27B $58.46M $2.18B
Shares (diluted) 41.40M 20.62M 164.10M
Enterprise value $4.09B -$197.52M $16.29B

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
MetricAEISAPWCNVT
P/E 33.0x 3.3x 30.8x
P/FCF 134.0x -3.4x 31.0x
P/Operating cash flow 42.2x -3.4x 26.0x
P/S 4.2x 0.0x 3.9x
P/B 6.0x 0.1x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 6.4x 0.1x 8.9x
EV/EBITDA 21.6x – 18.8x
EV/EBIT 25.8x 1.0x 23.3x
EV/Revenue 4.1x 0.0x 4.1x
EV/FCF 131.7x -2.0x 32.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 41.5x -2.0x 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.31 – 1.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEISAPWCNVT
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.7% 9.0% 48.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.3% – 30.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 42.4% 29.4% 40.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.4% – 27.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 150.1% 56.4% 65.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.0% – 34.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 99.2% 101.1% 12.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.0% – 13.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 85.3% 119.1% 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 25.2% – 24.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -4.8% -138.0% 23.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.3% – 18.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -54.0% -138.0% 18.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.8% – 15.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEISAPWCNVT
Gross margin 40.3% 8.3% 36.6%
EBITDA margin 19.1% – 22.1%
Operating margin 16.0% 2.5% 17.8%
Pretax margin 15.2% 2.8% 16.5%
Net margin 12.7% 1.3% 12.8%
FCF margin 3.1% -1.3% 12.7%
Operating cash flow margin 9.9% -1.3% 15.2%
Return on equity 19.0% 4.2% 16.8%
Return on assets 8.2% 2.6% 8.9%
Return on invested capital 10.9% 4.1% 12.3%
Return on capital employed 12.9% – 14.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.2x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x -0.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 3.2% – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEISAPWCNVT
Debt / assets 34.7% 13.3% 26.9%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.2x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – 0.9x
Debt / FCF 17.8x -8.7x 3.2x
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 38.6% 49.2%
Equity / assets 43.6% 61.4% 50.8%
Interest coverage 25.0x 7.7x –
Current ratio 3.6x – 2.4x
Quick ratio 2.6x – 1.7x
Cash ratio 2.0x – 0.9x
Altman Z-score 4.86 – 4.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEISAPWCNVT
Dividend yield 0.2% – 0.6%
Net buyback yield 0.1% – 0.5%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 0.0% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 20.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.8%

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.

ConsensusAEISAPWCNVT
Forward P/E 22.2xFY2026 – 25.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.74FY2026 – $4.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +67.6%FY2026 – +49.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.5% – +29.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.55BFY2026 – $5.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +41.5%FY2026 – +47.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +25.2% – +12.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEISAPWCNVT
Held by institutions 100.0% – 90.7%
Institutions holding 680 – 972
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.0% – 0.0%
Institutions buying 388 – 555
Institutions selling 220 – 290
Buyers to sellers 1.76 – 1.91

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.

AEISAPWCNVT
AEIS 1.00 0.18 0.76
APWC 0.18 1.00 0.18
NVT 0.76 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEIS, APWC and NVT?

nVent Electric (NVT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) $8.40B, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) $23.11M, nVent Electric (NVT) $18.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, AEIS, APWC and NVT?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 29.1x, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 3.4x, nVent Electric (NVT) 26.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is cheapest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 22.2x, nVent Electric (NVT) 25.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

nVent Electric (NVT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +31.7%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) +9.0%, nVent Electric (NVT) +48.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

nVent Electric (NVT) has the highest net margin (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 12.7%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 1.3%, nVent Electric (NVT) 12.8%). On return on invested capital, nVent Electric (NVT) leads (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.9%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 4.1%, nVent Electric (NVT) 12.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) returned the most: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +15.8%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -41.6%, nVent Electric (NVT) +15.0%. Over five years, nVent Electric (NVT) compounded fastest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +20.5%/yr, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -18.5%/yr, nVent Electric (NVT) +28.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 0.00%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 0.00%, nVent Electric (NVT) 0.01%. Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, nVent Electric (NVT) has been the steadiest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 66.4%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 59.1%, nVent Electric (NVT) 50.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEIS, APWC and NVT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, nVent Electric (NVT) leads on 7. 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.