EMR vs GGG vs FLS Stock Comparison

Emerson Electric, Graco and Flowserve Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EMR Emerson Electric Co
$161.60 +4.6% 1M +21.3% 1Y
Market cap
$90.47B
P/E
35.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.64B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win
GGG Graco Inc
$66.97 -14.6% 1M -18.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.64B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.31B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
7 wins
FLS Flowserve Corp
$68.20 -11.7% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.87B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.63B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Graco leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Graco 7, Flowserve 3, Emerson Electric 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEMRGGGFLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $90.47B $10.64B $8.87B EMR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.1x 20.6x 23.9x GGG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.0x 19.7x 15.7x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.8% +5.4% -0.3% GGG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.8% 22.4% 8.0% GGG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.9% 19.5% 6.6% GGG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.0x 2.9x GGG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.3% -18.0% +29.5% FLS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.8%/yr -2.4%/yr +12.9%/yr FLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.7% 26.3% 48.8% GGG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 71/100 58/100 GGG

Percentile Scorecard

EMRGGGFLS

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

AxisEMRGGGFLS
Valuation 35 #133 of 203 48 #107 of 203 50 #102 of 203
Growth 40 #113 of 188 33 #126 of 188 69 #59 of 188
Profitability 85 #29 of 187 98 #4 of 187 54 #86 of 187
Financial Health 29 #158 of 222 86 #33 of 222 33 #150 of 222
Shareholder Returns 36 #99 of 153 92 #13 of 153 86 #23 of 153
Overall 45 71 58
  • EMR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GGG ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FLS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEMRGGGFLSSPY
1 month +4.6%-14.6%-11.7% -1.0%
3 months +9.2%-15.8%-5.8% +2.9%
6 months +14.3%-17.9%-18.0% +6.4%
Year to date +21.8%-18.3%-1.7% +11.4%
1 year +21.3%-18.0%+29.5% +13.1%
3 years +78.1%-5.3%+86.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +21.2%-1.8%+23.2% +21.5%
5 years +67.2%-11.3%+83.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +10.8%-2.4%+12.9% +10.9%
10 years +222.5%+162.7%+56.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.4%+10.1%+4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureEMRGGGFLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.7%26.3%48.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.3%31.3%41.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.520.631.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.67-0.690.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.9%-29.4%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.7%-29.4%-25.9% -2.5%
52-week high $164.37$94.82$92.04 $779.14
52-week low $123.30$66.97$52.66 $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.

MultipleEMRGGGFLS
P/E now vs peer median 35.0xmedian 25.9x 20.8xmedian 25.9x 23.4xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.9x 4.6xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 13.7x 14.7xmedian 13.7x 20.7xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 21.1x 17.9xmedian 21.1x 21.1xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.3x 4.3xmedian 2.3x 3.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.84median 1.19 12.92median 1.19 1.37median 1.19

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 monthsEMRGGGFLS
Revenue $18.64B $2.31B $4.63B
Gross profit $9.91B $1.20B $1.57B
Operating income $4.68B $619.56M $392.30M
Net income $2.58B $517.48M $390.08M
Free cash flow $3.46B $600.10M $411.44M
R&D – $82.33M –
EPS (diluted) $4.59 $3.17 $2.89
Cash & equivalents $2.18B $139.82M $731.01M
Total debt $54.11B $215.70M $2.14B
Shares (diluted) 561.10M 163.02M 128.36M
Enterprise value $83.21B $8.66B $5.75B

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
MetricEMRGGGFLS
P/E 35.0x 20.8x 23.4x
P/FCF 26.0x 17.9x 21.1x
P/Operating cash flow 23.0x 16.3x 17.8x
P/S 4.8x 4.6x 1.9x
P/B 4.4x 4.3x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 7.7x 5.3x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 16.4x 14.7x 20.7x
EV/EBIT 21.6x 17.3x 25.7x
EV/Revenue 5.4x 4.6x 2.2x
EV/FCF 29.2x 17.9x 24.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.8x 16.3x 20.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.84 12.92 1.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEMRGGGFLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.8% 5.4% -0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 1.9% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.7% 4.8% 4.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 1.9% 10.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.2% 3.9% -22.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.6% -0.5% 11.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.0% 3.9% 24.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.0% -0.3% 15.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.2% 7.5% 30.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.6% 1.6% 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% -1.9% 1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 3.4% 81.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% -4.0% 3.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 14.7% 348.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEMRGGGFLS
Gross margin 53.2% 52.0% 33.9%
EBITDA margin 33.1% 31.6% 10.5%
Operating margin 25.1% 26.8% 8.5%
Pretax margin 17.6% 27.6% 11.9%
Net margin 13.8% 22.4% 8.0%
FCF margin 18.6% 26.0% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 21.0% 28.6% 10.5%
Return on equity 12.7% 20.7% 16.9%
Return on assets 6.1% 16.2% 6.5%
Return on invested capital 10.9% 19.5% 6.6%
Return on capital employed 14.9% 23.2% 8.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 1.4% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEMRGGGFLS
Debt / assets 31.1% 4.1% 33.8%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.1x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.0x 2.9x
Debt / FCF 3.8x 0.2x 5.2x
Liabilities / assets 51.7% 24.3% 63.2%
Equity / assets 48.3% 75.7% 36.8%
Interest coverage – 189.0x 4.6x
Current ratio 0.9x 2.1x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.2x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.3x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.63 10.22 3.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEMRGGGFLS
Dividend yield 1.4% 1.7% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 4.3% 2.6%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 6.1% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 47.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.7% – –

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.

ConsensusEMRGGGFLS
Forward P/E 24.0xFY2026 19.7xFY2026 15.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.74FY2026 $3.40FY2026 $4.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.3%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.4% +7.1% +12.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.13BFY2026 $2.21BFY2026 $4.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.6%FY2026 -1.5%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.3% +9.9% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEMRGGGFLS
Held by institutions 82.1% 91.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 2,290 730 584
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +0.8% +14.6%
Institutions buying 1,080 337 299
Institutions selling 798 280 201
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.20 1.49

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.

EMRGGGFLS
EMR 1.00 0.49 0.52
GGG 0.49 1.00 0.31
FLS 0.52 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EMR, GGG and FLS?

Emerson Electric (EMR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Emerson Electric (EMR) $90.47B, Graco (GGG) $10.64B, Flowserve (FLS) $8.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, EMR, GGG and FLS?

Graco (GGG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Emerson Electric (EMR) 35.1x, Graco (GGG) 20.6x, Flowserve (FLS) 23.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Emerson Electric (EMR) 24.0x, Graco (GGG) 19.7x, Flowserve (FLS) 15.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Graco (GGG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Emerson Electric (EMR) +4.8%, Graco (GGG) +5.4%, Flowserve (FLS) -0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Graco (GGG) has the highest net margin (Emerson Electric (EMR) 13.8%, Graco (GGG) 22.4%, Flowserve (FLS) 8.0%). On return on invested capital, Graco (GGG) leads (Emerson Electric (EMR) 10.9%, Graco (GGG) 19.5%, Flowserve (FLS) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Flowserve (FLS) returned the most: Emerson Electric (EMR) +21.3%, Graco (GGG) -18.0%, Flowserve (FLS) +29.5%. Over five years, Flowserve (FLS) compounded fastest (Emerson Electric (EMR) +10.8%/yr, Graco (GGG) -2.4%/yr, Flowserve (FLS) +12.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Emerson Electric (EMR) 0.01%, Graco (GGG) 0.00%, Flowserve (FLS) 0.00%. Graco (GGG) and Flowserve (FLS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Graco (GGG) has been the steadiest (Emerson Electric (EMR) 31.7%, Graco (GGG) 26.3%, Flowserve (FLS) 48.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EMR, GGG and FLS?

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