EMR vs KEYS vs FLS Stock Comparison

Emerson Electric, Keysight Technologies and Flowserve Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EMR Emerson Electric Co
$170.76 +8.6% 1M +25.2% 1Y
Market cap
$91.88B
P/E
35.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.64B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins
FLS Flowserve Corp
$80.17 +8.5% 1M +16.3% 1Y
Market cap
$10.04B
P/E
39.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.70B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Keysight Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Keysight Technologies 6, Emerson Electric 3, Flowserve 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEMRKEYSFLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $91.88B $52.27B $10.04B EMR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.6x 41.5x 39.4x EMR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.3x 30.8x 18.5x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.8% +25.5% +0.2% KEYS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.8% 19.1% 5.4% KEYS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.9% 13.4% 8.1% KEYS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x -0.1x 2.3x KEYS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +25.2% +93.5% +16.3% KEYS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.0%/yr +12.9%/yr +19.0%/yr FLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.8% 45.3% 42.1% EMR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 64/100 40/100 KEYS

Percentile Scorecard

EMRKEYSFLS

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

AxisEMRKEYSFLS
Valuation 33 #136 of 203 26 #83 of 112 26 #150 of 203
Growth 41 #112 of 188 66 #37 of 108 31 #130 of 188
Profitability 87 #24 of 183 89 #12 of 104 43 #104 of 183
Financial Health 30 #152 of 216 53 #55 of 116 34 #144 of 216
Shareholder Returns 35 #99 of 152 84 #13 of 78 68 #50 of 152
Overall 45 64 40
  • EMR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • KEYS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • FLS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEMRKEYSFLSSPY
1 month +8.6%-8.5%+8.5% +0.7%
3 months +14.9%+5.5%+6.4% +3.7%
6 months +21.6%-5.7%+8.9% +7.1%
Year to date +28.7%+62.3%+15.6% +12.8%
1 year +25.2%+93.5%+16.3% +11.9%
3 years +93.1%+175.5%+119.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +24.5%+40.2%+29.9% +22.8%
5 years +76.0%+83.2%+138.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year +12.0%+12.9%+19.0% +10.9%
10 years +240.9%+905.3%+89.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +13.1%+26.0%+6.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEMRKEYSFLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.8%45.3%42.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.5%43.7%42.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.531.941.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.792.070.39 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.9%-42.6%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-15.0%-12.9% -1.2%
52-week high $170.76$387.90$92.04 $779.14
52-week low $123.30$169.67$64.39 $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.

MultipleEMRKEYSFLS
P/E now vs peer median 37.0xmedian 25.8x 44.8xmedian 32.9x 40.0xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 1.9x 8.5xmedian 2.9x 2.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 14.6x 32.5xmedian 20.0x 19.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.5xmedian 22.2x 38.2xmedian 30.2x 66.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 2.2x 8.5xmedian 2.9x 4.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.89median 1.45 9.17median 1.08 17.37median 1.45

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 monthsEMRKEYSFLS
Revenue $18.64B $6.58B $4.70B
Gross profit $9.91B $4.26B $1.60B
Operating income $4.68B $1.33B $467.63M
Net income $2.58B $1.26B $273.27M
Free cash flow $3.46B $1.47B $153.66M
R&D – $1.19B –
EPS (diluted) $4.59 $7.28 $1.99
Cash & equivalents $2.18B $2.61B $742.15M
Total debt $13.11B $2.52B $2.06B
Shares (diluted) 561.10M 173.00M 127.96M
Enterprise value $84.61B $43.20B $7.02B

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
MetricEMRKEYSFLS
P/E 37.0x 44.8x 40.0x
P/FCF 27.5x 38.2x 66.2x
P/Operating cash flow 24.3x 35.0x 44.2x
P/S 5.1x 8.5x 2.2x
P/B 4.7x 8.5x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 10.3x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x 32.5x 19.9x
EV/EBIT 22.7x 42.1x 24.6x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 8.5x 2.4x
EV/FCF 30.7x 38.2x 74.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.1x 35.0x 49.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.89 9.17 17.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEMRKEYSFLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.8% 25.5% 0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 5.6% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.7% 30.2% 5.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 5.8% 9.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.2% 49.9% -3.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.6% -2.1% 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.0% 131.6% -42.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.0% 3.7% 1.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.2% 131.6% -42.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.6% 4.9% 2.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% 4.0% -67.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 4.0% 4.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% 3.8% -75.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 6.6% 7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEMRKEYSFLS
Gross margin 53.2% 64.7% 34.2%
EBITDA margin 33.1% 26.2% 12.3%
Operating margin 25.1% 20.3% 10.0%
Pretax margin 17.6% 21.5% 7.6%
Net margin 13.8% 19.1% 5.4%
FCF margin 18.6% 22.3% 3.3%
Operating cash flow margin 21.0% 24.4% 4.9%
Return on equity 12.7% 19.8% 11.6%
Return on assets 6.1% 10.8% 4.3%
Return on invested capital 10.9% 13.4% 8.1%
Return on capital employed 14.9% 14.5% 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.3x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 3.3% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEMRKEYSFLS
Debt / assets 31.1% 21.1% 32.4%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x -0.1x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 3.8x 1.7x 13.4x
Liabilities / assets 51.7% 44.9% 62.4%
Equity / assets 48.3% 55.1% 37.6%
Interest coverage – 12.3x 5.1x
Current ratio 0.9x 2.0x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.4x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.0x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.77 8.44 3.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEMRKEYSFLS
Dividend yield 1.3% – 1.1%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 2.1% 1.3%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 2.1% 2.4%
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.

ConsensusEMRKEYSFLS
Forward P/E 25.3xFY2026 30.8xFY2026 18.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.75FY2026 $10.71FY2026 $4.34FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026 +49.6%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.3% +20.4% +12.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.13BFY2026 $6.71BFY2026 $4.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.6%FY2026 +24.8%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.3% +18.9% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEMRKEYSFLS
Held by institutions 82.1% 89.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 2,292 1,248 585
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +1.2% +14.6%
Institutions buying 1,081 675 299
Institutions selling 799 381 202
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.77 1.48

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.

EMRKEYSFLS
EMR 1.00 0.50 0.60
KEYS 0.50 1.00 0.44
FLS 0.60 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EMR, KEYS and FLS?

Emerson Electric (EMR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Emerson Electric (EMR) $91.88B, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) $52.27B, Flowserve (FLS) $10.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, EMR, KEYS and FLS?

Emerson Electric (EMR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Emerson Electric (EMR) 35.6x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 41.5x, Flowserve (FLS) 39.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Emerson Electric (EMR) 25.3x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 30.8x, Flowserve (FLS) 18.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Emerson Electric (EMR) +4.8%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +25.5%, Flowserve (FLS) +0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) has the highest net margin (Emerson Electric (EMR) 13.8%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 19.1%, Flowserve (FLS) 5.4%). On return on invested capital, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) leads (Emerson Electric (EMR) 10.9%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 13.4%, Flowserve (FLS) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Keysight Technologies (KEYS) returned the most: Emerson Electric (EMR) +25.2%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +93.5%, Flowserve (FLS) +16.3%. Over five years, Flowserve (FLS) compounded fastest (Emerson Electric (EMR) +12.0%/yr, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +12.9%/yr, Flowserve (FLS) +19.0%/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%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 0.00%, Flowserve (FLS) 0.00%. Keysight Technologies (KEYS) and Flowserve (FLS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Emerson Electric (EMR) has been the steadiest (Emerson Electric (EMR) 31.8%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 45.3%, Flowserve (FLS) 42.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EMR, KEYS 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, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 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.