COOK vs PNR vs AOS Stock Comparison

Traeger, Pentair and Smith A O Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COOK Traeger, Inc.
$52.14 +18.1% 1M +8.5% 1Y
Market cap
$143.79M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$484.98M
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$65.78 +23.0% 1M -38.9% 1Y
Market cap
$10.55B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins
AOS Smith A O Corp
$63.51 +9.4% 1M -3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$8.54B
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 6, Smith A O 4, Traeger 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOKPNRAOSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $143.79M $10.55B $8.54B PNR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.3x 17.2x 17.3x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.5x 17.6x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -16.3% -3.9% -0.7% AOS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -23.2% 15.4% 13.0% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -16.6% 12.5% 20.8% AOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -6.9x 1.6x 0.6x COOK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.02% AOS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.5% -38.9% -3.2% COOK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -44.0%/yr -2.3%/yr -2.8%/yr PNR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 92.8% 36.3% 27.6% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 62/100 60/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

COOKPNRAOS

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

AxisCOOKPNRAOS
Valuation 73 #12 of 41 71 #59 of 203 67 #19 of 55
Growth 35 #27 of 41 32 #128 of 188 32 #35 of 51
Profitability 22 #30 of 38 82 #33 of 183 90 #6 of 49
Financial Health 37 #27 of 42 46 #118 of 216 70 #17 of 55
Shareholder Returns – 79 #33 of 152 41 #24 of 40
Overall 41 62 60
  • COOK ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AOS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCOOKPNRAOSSPY
1 month +18.1%+23.0%+9.4% +0.7%
3 months -15.8%-0.6%+6.2% +3.7%
6 months +25.1%-18.5%+2.7% +7.1%
Year to date -3.4%-36.8%-5.0% +12.8%
1 year +8.5%-38.9%-3.2% +11.9%
3 years -61.4%+12.0%-8.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year -27.2%+3.9%-3.0% +22.8%
5 years -94.5%-11.1%-13.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -44.0%-2.3%-2.8% +10.9%
10 years —+19.3%+41.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+1.8%+3.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOOKPNRAOSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 92.8%36.3%27.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 93.4%40.4%26.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.400.940.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.09-1.07-0.11 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.8%-53.7%-43.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.4%-39.5%-21.1% -1.2%
52-week high $82.00$108.69$80.47 $779.14
52-week low $24.42$52.11$55.34 $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.

MultipleCOOKPNRAOS
P/E now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 15.8x 17.1xmedian 25.8x 17.4xmedian 20.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.7x 2.6xmedian 1.9x 2.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.9xmedian 9.6x 13.2xmedian 14.6x 11.8xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 12.1x 16.2xmedian 22.2x 15.2xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x 2.7xmedian 2.2x 4.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -0.04median 0.63 2.23median 1.45 0.77median 1.13

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 monthsCOOKPNRAOS
Revenue $484.98M $3.97B $3.80B
Gross profit $193.32M $1.64B $1.47B
Operating income -$97.77M $777.40M $668.30M
Net income -$112.65M $612.20M $494.60M
Free cash flow $61.56M $646.60M $561.70M
R&D – $94.10M –
EPS (diluted) $-40.99 $3.82 $3.63
Cash & equivalents $59.69M $74.00M $234.50M
Total debt $1.60B $1.48B $673.10M
Shares (diluted) 2.75M 160.30M 136.10M
Enterprise value $24.93M $10.22B $7.73B

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
MetricCOOKPNRAOS
P/E -1.3x 17.1x 17.4x
P/FCF 2.4x 16.2x 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 2.1x 14.5x 13.9x
P/S 0.3x 2.6x 2.2x
P/B 0.9x 2.7x 4.7x
P/Tangible book -0.7x 3.7x 6.9x
EV/EBITDA -9.9x 13.2x 11.8x
EV/EBIT -5.0x 15.3x 13.4x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 3.0x 2.4x
EV/FCF 7.9x 18.4x 16.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.1x 16.4x 14.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.04 2.23 0.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOKPNRAOS
Revenue growth (1Y) -16.3% -3.9% -0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.5% -1.3% 0.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -18.4% -1.2% -0.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.3% 3.4% 0.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -844.7% -8.3% -7.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.1% 4.4% -3.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -222.7% -6.4% -6.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.3% 6.3% 18.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -213.0% -3.6% -3.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 7.7% 22.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 239.1% -14.8% -6.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.7% 6.8% -0.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 441.9% -17.4% -1.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 7.7% 0.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOKPNRAOS
Gross margin 39.9% 41.2% 38.6%
EBITDA margin -10.2% 22.7% 20.1%
Operating margin -20.2% 19.6% 17.6%
Pretax margin -23.9% 17.5% 16.8%
Net margin -23.2% 15.4% 13.0%
FCF margin 12.7% 16.3% 14.8%
Operating cash flow margin 14.0% 18.3% 16.1%
Return on equity -65.8% 16.1% 27.0%
Return on assets -17.1% 9.2% 13.6%
Return on invested capital -16.6% 12.5% 20.8%
Return on capital employed -16.4% 13.5% 24.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.6x 1.2x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 0.8% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOKPNRAOS
Debt / assets 61.2% 22.3% 18.4%
Debt / equity 2.4x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -6.9x 1.6x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 6.5x 2.3x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 74.4% 42.1% 50.1%
Equity / assets 25.6% 57.9% 49.9%
Interest coverage -3.1x – 26.4x
Current ratio 3.5x 1.5x 1.6x
Quick ratio 2.1x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score -1.01 3.96 6.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOKPNRAOS
Dividend yield – 1.6% 2.3%
Net buyback yield – 3.8% 3.8%
Shareholder yield – 5.5% 6.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 28.1% 40.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 26.6% 35.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.5% 2.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 3.1%

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.

ConsensusCOOKPNRAOS
Forward P/E – 14.5xFY2026 17.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.05FY2026 $4.55FY2026 $3.60FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -7.5%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.6% +15.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $432.40MFY2026 $3.86BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -22.7%FY2026 -7.5%FY2026 -2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.1% +10.5% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOKPNRAOS
Held by institutions 33.8% 95.0% 91.9%
Institutions holding 65 720 615
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.6% -0.1% +7.1%
Institutions buying 39 353 316
Institutions selling 17 257 226
Buyers to sellers 2.29 1.37 1.40

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.

COOKPNRAOS
COOK 1.00 0.10 0.07
PNR 0.10 1.00 0.49
AOS 0.07 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOK, PNR and AOS?

Pentair (PNR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Traeger (COOK) $143.79M, Pentair (PNR) $10.55B, Smith A O (AOS) $8.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, COOK, PNR and AOS?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Traeger (COOK) -1.3x, Pentair (PNR) 17.2x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Pentair (PNR) 14.5x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Smith A O (AOS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Traeger (COOK) -16.3%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, Smith A O (AOS) -0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Traeger (COOK) -23.2%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, Smith A O (AOS) 13.0%). On return on invested capital, Smith A O (AOS) leads (Traeger (COOK) -16.6%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%, Smith A O (AOS) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Traeger (COOK) returned the most: Traeger (COOK) +8.5%, Pentair (PNR) -38.9%, Smith A O (AOS) -3.2%. Over five years, Pentair (PNR) compounded fastest (Traeger (COOK) -44.0%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -2.3%/yr, Smith A O (AOS) -2.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest dividend yield: Traeger (COOK) 0.00%, Pentair (PNR) 0.02%, Smith A O (AOS) 0.02%. Traeger (COOK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smith A O (AOS) has been the steadiest (Traeger (COOK) 92.8%, Pentair (PNR) 36.3%, Smith A O (AOS) 27.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOK, PNR and AOS?

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