CEPL vs HUBB vs FPS Stock Comparison

Capstone Energy Plus, Hubbell and Forgent Power Solutions Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HUBB Hubbell Inc
$438.11 -8.9% 1M -4.6% 1Y
Market cap
$21.90B
P/E
24.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Hubbell leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Hubbell 5, Capstone Energy Plus 3, Forgent Power Solutions 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCEPLHUBBFPSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $80.02M $21.90B $4.57B HUBB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.4x 24.1x 66.0x CEPL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 21.8x 16.1x FPS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.4% +16.0% — HUBB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.5% 13.8% 5.0% HUBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.3% 10.7% HUBB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.7x 3.0x 2.2x CEPL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -4.6% — –
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +16.3%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 114.0% 32.6% 94.3% HUBB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 55/100 27/100 CEPL

Percentile Scorecard

CEPLHUBBFPS

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

AxisCEPLHUBBFPS
Valuation 98 #2 of 63 37 #128 of 204 8 #188 of 204
Growth 92 #6 of 60 73 #53 of 191 –
Profitability 84 #10 of 57 82 #34 of 189 48 #98 of 189
Financial Health 24 #55 of 72 16 #187 of 221 26 #165 of 221
Shareholder Returns 87 #5 of 32 67 #53 of 159 –
Overall 77 55 27
  • CEPL ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • HUBB ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • FPS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCEPLHUBBFPSSPY
1 month -34.5%-8.9%-42.4% -1.0%
3 months -64.9%-14.7%-41.7% -0.4%
6 months —-12.8%-47.4% +4.5%
Year to date —-1.4%— +12.4%
1 year —-4.6%— +13.6%
3 years —+55.4%— +76.4%
3 years, per year —+15.9%— +20.8%
5 years —+113.0%— +63.7%
5 years, per year —+16.3%— +10.4%
10 years —+324.6%— +267.7%
10 years, per year —+15.6%— +13.9%

Risk

MeasureCEPLHUBBFPSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 114.0%32.6%94.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 120.3%36.0%95.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.241.163.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.14— 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.5%-33.1%-65.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -77.1%-21.5%-65.3% -1.6%
52-week high $11.88$557.85$64.59 $779.14
52-week low $2.55$407.36$22.44 $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.

MultipleCEPLHUBBFPS
P/E now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 26.4x 25.5xmedian 25.5x 78.9xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.6x 3.5xmedian 1.9x 4.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 19.6x 17.3xmedian 14.4x 29.3xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.8xmedian 29.9x 24.9xmedian 23.3x -188.8xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 1.8x 5.6xmedian 2.2x 8.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.95median 0.71 2.54median 1.16 —median 1.16

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 monthsCEPLHUBBFPS
Revenue $103.06M $6.59B $1.37B
Gross profit $35.07M $2.33B $479.35M
Operating income $4.53M $1.33B $159.62M
Net income $3.56M $915.00M $85.72M
Free cash flow $2.87M $928.00M -$30.89M
R&D $4.03M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.10 $17.12 $0.28
Cash & equivalents $32.30M $334.50M $97.48M
Total debt $25.34M $5.12B $582.18M
Shares (diluted) 34.34M 53.10M 243.80M
Enterprise value -$4.07M $20.14B $4.16B

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
MetricCEPLHUBBFPS
P/E 26.1x 25.5x 78.9x
P/FCF 30.8x 24.9x -188.8x
P/Operating cash flow 19.8x 20.9x 66.0x
P/S 0.9x 3.5x 4.2x
P/B -2.0x 5.6x 8.7x
P/Tangible book -1.8x 23.8x 15.3x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x 17.3x 29.3x
EV/EBIT 18.0x 20.9x 39.6x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 4.2x 4.6x
EV/FCF 28.4x 30.1x -204.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.2x 25.2x 71.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.95 2.54 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCEPLHUBBFPS
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.4% 16.0% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 7.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 29.5% 17.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 52.0% 9.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 305.8% 15.2% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 30.7% 10.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 190.1% 5.6% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 9.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 151.0% 6.1% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 27.5% 10.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.9% 9.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 35.5% 12.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -8.6% 9.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 14.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCEPLHUBBFPS
Gross margin 34.0% 35.4% 34.9%
EBITDA margin 9.1% 24.5% 15.7%
Operating margin 4.4% 20.2% 11.6%
Pretax margin 3.4% 17.7% 7.7%
Net margin 3.5% 13.8% 5.0%
FCF margin 2.8% 14.1% -2.2%
Operating cash flow margin 4.3% 16.8% 6.4%
Return on equity – 22.8% 13.7%
Return on assets 3.1% 7.7% 4.2%
Return on invested capital – 11.3% 10.7%
Return on capital employed 12.2% 13.5% 10.6%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.5% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCEPLHUBBFPS
Debt / assets 22.1% 43.0% 26.1%
Debt / equity -0.6x 1.2x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.7x 3.0x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 8.8x 5.5x -18.8x
Liabilities / assets 139.4% 65.4% 69.9%
Equity / assets -39.4% 34.6% 30.1%
Interest coverage 1.1x – 2.8x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -10.52 – 3.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCEPLHUBBFPS
Dividend yield – 1.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.4% 0.9% –
Shareholder yield 0.4% 2.2% –
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.

ConsensusCEPLHUBBFPS
Forward P/E – 21.8xFY2026 16.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $20.07FY2026 $1.39FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +10.2%FY2026 +104.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +21.9% +53.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $115.36MFY2026 $7.32BFY2026 $2.41BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 +25.4%FY2026 +69.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +28.2% +9.8% +38.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCEPLHUBBFPS
Held by institutions – 96.5% 55.4%
Institutions holding – 1,019 370
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.1% +46.0%
Institutions buying – 513 297
Institutions selling – 320 63
Buyers to sellers – 1.60 4.71

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.

CEPLHUBBFPS
CEPL 1.00 0.20 0.61
HUBB 0.20 1.00 0.46
FPS 0.61 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CEPL, HUBB and FPS?

Hubbell (HUBB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) $80.02M, Hubbell (HUBB) $21.90B, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) $4.57B.

Which stock is cheaper, CEPL, HUBB and FPS?

Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) 22.4x, Hubbell (HUBB) 24.1x, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 66.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) is cheapest (Hubbell (HUBB) 21.8x, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 16.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hubbell (HUBB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) +5.4%, Hubbell (HUBB) +16.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hubbell (HUBB) has the highest net margin (Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) 3.5%, Hubbell (HUBB) 13.8%, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 5.0%). On return on invested capital, Hubbell (HUBB) leads (Hubbell (HUBB) 11.3%, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 10.7%).

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hubbell (HUBB) has been the steadiest (Capstone Energy Plus (CEPL) 114.0%, Hubbell (HUBB) 32.6%, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 94.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CEPL, HUBB and FPS?

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