AEIS vs VRT vs TEL Stock Comparison

Advanced Energy Industries, Vertiv Holdings and TE Connectivity Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
$208.78 -17.6% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$93.47B
P/E
54.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.48B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins
TEL TE Connectivity plc
$225.54 +3.1% 1M -4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$64.41B
P/E
21.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.32B
Div. yield
0.01%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

TE Connectivity leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (TE Connectivity 5, Vertiv Holdings 4, Advanced Energy Industries 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAEISVRTTELLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.42B $93.47B $64.41B VRT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.9x 54.0x 21.4x TEL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.7x 30.2x 21.1x TEL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.6% +26.2% +16.5% VRT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.8% 15.1% 15.6% TEL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.3% 24.0% 16.2% VRT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -0.1x 0.9x AEIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.5% +8.2% -4.7% AEIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.6%/yr +52.1%/yr +9.2%/yr VRT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 65.1% 66.0% 36.2% TEL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 59/100 74/100 TEL

Percentile Scorecard

AEISVRTTEL

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

AxisAEISVRTTEL
Valuation 13 #177 of 203 26 #150 of 203 55 #91 of 203
Growth 76 #46 of 188 100 #2 of 188 86 #28 of 188
Profitability 54 #84 of 183 100 #2 of 183 95 #10 of 183
Financial Health 60 #87 of 217 56 #96 of 217 63 #80 of 217
Shareholder Returns 19 #124 of 153 16 #129 of 153 71 #45 of 153
Overall 45 59 74
  • AEIS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • VRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TEL ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAEISVRTTELSPY
1 month -16.7%-17.6%+3.1% -0.2%
3 months -14.8%-22.5%+5.3% +3.9%
6 months -36.9%-31.6%+10.4% +8.2%
Year to date +11.2%+28.9%-0.9% +12.9%
1 year +13.5%+8.2%-4.7% +12.3%
3 years +165.2%+473.3%+95.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +38.4%+79.0%+25.0% +23.3%
5 years +155.3%+712.4%+55.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +20.6%+52.1%+9.2% +10.9%
10 years +392.1%—+263.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +17.3%—+13.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAEISVRTTELSPY
Volatility, 1Y 65.1%66.0%36.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 67.5%67.0%39.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.732.901.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.210.12-0.13 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.3%-70.2%-35.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.1%-44.5%-9.4% -1.2%
52-week high $389.05$376.23$249.00 $779.14
52-week low $188.88$149.83$195.84 $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.

MultipleAEISVRTTEL
P/E now vs peer median 41.3xmedian 25.2x 46.4xmedian 25.2x 21.8xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.9x 7.0xmedian 1.9x 3.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 27.4xmedian 14.0x 31.3xmedian 14.0x 14.5xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 106.5xmedian 21.7x 27.4xmedian 21.7x 19.7xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 2.3x 16.9xmedian 2.3x 4.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 11.25median 1.32 0.42median 1.32 1.32median 1.32

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 monthsAEISVRTTEL
Revenue $2.04B $11.48B $19.32B
Gross profit $800.50M $4.37B $6.98B
Operating income $269.20M $2.17B $3.81B
Net income $219.40M $1.73B $3.02B
Free cash flow $87.50M $2.93B $3.32B
R&D $246.60M – $919.00M
EPS (diluted) $5.19 $4.41 $10.29
Cash & equivalents $1.40B $2.81B $1.24B
Total debt $3.30B $2.94B $5.63B
Shares (diluted) 42.30M 392.75M 293.00M
Enterprise value $5.78B $84.09B $59.55B

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
MetricAEISVRTTEL
P/E 41.3x 46.4x 21.8x
P/FCF 106.5x 27.4x 19.7x
P/Operating cash flow 39.0x 24.0x 14.8x
P/S 4.6x 7.0x 3.4x
P/B 6.4x 16.9x 4.9x
P/Tangible book 6.9x 27.2x 5.8x
EV/EBITDA 27.4x 31.3x 14.5x
EV/EBIT 34.1x 36.9x 18.3x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 7.0x 3.6x
EV/FCF 105.0x 27.4x 21.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 38.4x 23.9x 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 11.25 0.42 1.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAEISVRTTEL
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.6% 26.2% 16.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 21.6% 5.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.8% 36.0% 20.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.0% 29.1% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 216.7% 39.2% 29.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 55.5% 17.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 161.5% 113.2% 107.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 112.2% 13.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 133.8% 111.6% 110.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.7% 110.3% 16.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 23.3% 135.1% 17.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 91.1% 14.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -30.8% 134.8% 15.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.1% 100.2% 14.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAEISVRTTEL
Gross margin 39.3% 38.0% 36.1%
EBITDA margin 16.5% 22.3% 24.9%
Operating margin 13.2% 18.9% 19.7%
Pretax margin 12.1% 18.4% 19.5%
Net margin 10.8% 15.1% 15.6%
FCF margin 4.3% 25.5% 17.2%
Operating cash flow margin 11.7% 29.2% 22.9%
Return on equity 15.4% 38.5% 22.8%
Return on assets 7.3% 11.8% 11.7%
Return on invested capital 10.3% 24.0% 16.2%
Return on capital employed 11.3% 29.4% 18.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.9x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 3.4% 0.5% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAEISVRTTEL
Debt / assets 36.9% 18.5% 21.6%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.6x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x -0.1x 0.9x
Debt / FCF 14.4x 1.0x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 57.5% 70.1% 49.2%
Equity / assets 42.5% 29.9% 50.8%
Interest coverage 17.1x 41.4x 31.3x
Current ratio 3.8x 1.4x 1.9x
Quick ratio 2.8x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash ratio 2.2x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.81 5.87 5.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAEISVRTTEL
Dividend yield 0.2% 0.1% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 0.1% -0.1% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 0.0% 3.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 28.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 25.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 7.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 5.8%

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.

ConsensusAEISVRTTEL
Forward P/E 21.7xFY2026 30.2xFY2026 21.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.74FY2026 $6.91FY2026 $10.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +67.6%FY2026 +64.5%FY2026 +21.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.5% +40.2% +15.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.55BFY2026 $14.66BFY2026 $20.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +41.5%FY2026 +43.3%FY2026 +20.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +25.2% +20.2% +10.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAEISVRTTEL
Held by institutions 100.0% 81.7% 94.1%
Institutions holding 678 2,038 1,281
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.0% +0.0% +3.0%
Institutions buying 388 1,170 608
Institutions selling 218 691 451
Buyers to sellers 1.78 1.69 1.35

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.

AEISVRTTEL
AEIS 1.00 0.70 0.48
VRT 0.70 1.00 0.49
TEL 0.48 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AEIS, VRT and TEL?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) $9.42B, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) $93.47B, TE Connectivity (TEL) $64.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, AEIS, VRT and TEL?

TE Connectivity (TEL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 42.9x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 54.0x, TE Connectivity (TEL) 21.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, TE Connectivity (TEL) is cheapest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 21.7x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 30.2x, TE Connectivity (TEL) 21.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +24.6%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +26.2%, TE Connectivity (TEL) +16.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

TE Connectivity (TEL) has the highest net margin (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.8%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 15.1%, TE Connectivity (TEL) 15.6%). On return on invested capital, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) leads (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.3%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 24.0%, TE Connectivity (TEL) 16.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) returned the most: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +13.5%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +8.2%, TE Connectivity (TEL) -4.7%. Over five years, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) compounded fastest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +20.6%/yr, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +52.1%/yr, TE Connectivity (TEL) +9.2%/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%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 0.00%, TE Connectivity (TEL) 0.01%. Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) and Vertiv Holdings (VRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, TE Connectivity (TEL) has been the steadiest (Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 65.1%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 66.0%, TE Connectivity (TEL) 36.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AEIS, VRT and TEL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, TE Connectivity (TEL) leads on 5. 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.