APTV vs FPS vs GNRC Stock Comparison

Aptiv, Forgent Power Solutions and Generac Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
APTV Aptiv PLC
$44.08 +1.0% 1M -49.1% 1Y
Market cap
$9.39B
P/E
42.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.73B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
2 wins
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc.
$201.68 -1.7% 1M +6.1% 1Y
Market cap
$11.92B
P/E
39.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.62B
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Generac Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Generac Holdings 6, Aptiv 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPTVFPSGNRCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.39B $6.85B $11.92B GNRC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.7x 87.0x 39.6x GNRC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.0x 21.0x 21.7x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.3% — +6.1% GNRC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.2% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.6% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -49.1% — +6.1% GNRC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -23.9%/yr — -16.6%/yr GNRC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.6% 91.3% 57.3% APTV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 — 58/100 GNRC

Percentile Scorecard

APTVFPSGNRC

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

AxisAPTVFPSGNRC
Valuation 95 #11 of 203 5 #193 of 203 57 #27 of 61
Growth 14 #162 of 188 – 42 #34 of 58
Profitability 36 #118 of 184 – 87 #8 of 55
Financial Health 33 #145 of 217 20 #174 of 217 47 #38 of 71
Shareholder Returns 99 #3 of 153 – –
Overall 55 – 58
  • APTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FPS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GNRC ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPTVFPSGNRCSPY
1 month +1.0%-20.0%-1.7% +0.9%
3 months -24.0%+0.0%+3.3% +5.9%
6 months -24.4%-19.4%-20.3% +8.5%
Year to date -42.1%—+47.9% +13.3%
1 year -49.1%—+6.1% +12.4%
3 years -48.8%—+145.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year -20.0%—+34.9% +23.5%
5 years -74.5%—-59.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year -23.9%—-16.6% +11.0%
10 years -31.9%—+426.0% +263.4%
10 years, per year -3.8%—+18.1% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPTVFPSGNRCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.6%91.3%57.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.4%90.8%55.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.163.632.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.10—0.11 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.0%-62.5%-83.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -50.3%-54.7%-31.8% -0.9%
52-week high $88.67$64.59$295.54 $779.14
52-week low $42.69$24.22$136.37 $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.

MultipleAPTVFPSGNRC
P/E now vs peer median 42.4xmedian 25.4x 87.0xmedian 25.4x 39.4xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.9x 5.7xmedian 1.9x 2.6xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 14.3x —median 14.3x —median 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 21.8x -1,177xmedian 21.8x 33.0xmedian 24.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.2x 12.0xmedian 2.2x 4.0xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -1.33median 1.41 —median 1.41 2.14median 1.07

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 monthsAPTVFPSGNRC
Revenue $18.73B – $4.62B
Gross profit $3.68B – $1.84B
Operating income $995.00M – $478.99M
Net income $231.00M – $301.14M
Free cash flow $817.00M – –
R&D – – $253.28M
EPS (diluted) $1.04 – $5.05
Cash & equivalents $761.00M $97.48M $393.67M
Total debt $5.35B $582.18M –
Shares (diluted) 212.10M 243.80M 59.64M
Enterprise value $2.24B $6.85B $11.92B

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
MetricAPTVFPSGNRC
P/E 42.4x 87.0x 39.4x
P/FCF 11.2x -1,177x 33.0x
P/Operating cash flow 6.2x – 19.8x
P/S 0.5x 5.7x 2.6x
P/B 1.0x 12.0x 4.0x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 21.0x 4.3x
EV/EBITDA 6.9x – –
EV/EBIT 13.8x – –
EV/Revenue 0.7x – 2.6x
EV/FCF 16.9x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 9.3x – 19.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.33 – 2.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPTVFPSGNRC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.3% – 6.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.0% – 4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.6% – 7.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – 11.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -43.3% – -3.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -15.8% – 11.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -77.6% – -0.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -38.3% – 15.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -77.7% – -0.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -31.9% – 18.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -36.6% – 2.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% – 25.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -52.9% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.0% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPTVFPSGNRC
Gross margin 19.6% – –
EBITDA margin 10.7% – –
Operating margin 5.3% – –
Pretax margin 4.1% – –
Net margin 1.2% – –
FCF margin 4.4% – –
Operating cash flow margin 7.9% – 13.0%
Return on equity 2.6% – 10.2%
Return on assets 1.1% – 5.1%
Return on invested capital 2.6% – –
Return on capital employed 5.3% – –
Asset turnover 0.9x – 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.4x – 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPTVFPSGNRC
Debt / assets 29.8% 26.1% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x – –
Debt / FCF 6.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 51.4% 69.9% 50.9%
Equity / assets 48.6% 30.1% 49.1%
Interest coverage 3.0x – –
Current ratio 2.0x 1.5x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x –
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 2.46 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPTVFPSGNRC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 7.8% – –
Shareholder yield 7.8% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAPTVFPSGNRC
Forward P/E 8.0xFY2026 21.0xFY2027 21.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.49FY2026 $1.39FY2027 $9.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -17.1%FY2026 +104.4%FY2027 +46.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.5% +53.2% +42.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.02BFY2026 $2.41BFY2027 $4.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -36.2%FY2026 +69.5%FY2027 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +38.0% +48.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPTVFPSGNRC
Held by institutions 98.6% 64.9% 89.4%
Institutions holding 659 369 998
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.2% +46.0% -1.0%
Institutions buying 330 296 531
Institutions selling 260 63 321
Buyers to sellers 1.27 4.70 1.65

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.

APTVFPSGNRC
APTV 1.00 0.14 0.19
FPS 0.14 1.00 0.63
GNRC 0.19 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APTV, FPS and GNRC?

Generac Holdings (GNRC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aptiv (APTV) $9.39B, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) $6.85B, Generac Holdings (GNRC) $11.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, APTV, FPS and GNRC?

Generac Holdings (GNRC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aptiv (APTV) 42.7x, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 87.0x, Generac Holdings (GNRC) 39.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (Aptiv (APTV) 8.0x, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 21.0x, Generac Holdings (GNRC) 21.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Generac Holdings (GNRC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aptiv (APTV) +5.3%, Generac Holdings (GNRC) +6.1%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Generac Holdings (GNRC) returned the most: Aptiv (APTV) -49.1%, Generac Holdings (GNRC) +6.1%. Over five years, Generac Holdings (GNRC) compounded fastest (Aptiv (APTV) -23.9%/yr, Generac Holdings (GNRC) -16.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aptiv (APTV) has been the steadiest (Aptiv (APTV) 44.6%, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 91.3%, Generac Holdings (GNRC) 57.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APTV, FPS and GNRC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Generac Holdings (GNRC) 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.