FLS vs SPXC vs FET Stock Comparison

Flowserve, SPX Technologies and Forum Energy Technologies Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FLS Flowserve Corp
$81.18 +9.2% 1M +16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.00B
P/E
39.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.70B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

SPX Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (SPX Technologies 6, Forum Energy Technologies 4, Flowserve 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFLSSPXCFETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.00B $7.16B $777.88M FLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.3x 24.0x 25.8x SPXC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x 17.9x 19.5x SPXC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.2% +20.2% +10.6% SPXC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.4% 11.5% 3.5% SPXC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 9.7% 9.4% SPXC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 2.2x 1.0x FET
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.8% -28.2% +163.3% FET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +18.7%/yr +18.3%/yr +27.0%/yr FET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.7% 40.5% 52.5% SPXC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 62/100 63/100 FET

Percentile Scorecard

FLSSPXCFET

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

AxisFLSSPXCFET
Valuation 24 #156 of 204 36 #37 of 57 41 #28 of 47
Growth 30 #134 of 191 100 #1 of 54 84 #8 of 44
Profitability 43 #108 of 189 64 #20 of 53 63 #16 of 41
Financial Health 34 #147 of 221 50 #30 of 59 36 #30 of 46
Shareholder Returns 66 #55 of 159 – 94 #3 of 32
Overall 39 62 63
  • FLS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • SPXC ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • FET ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFLSSPXCFETSPY
1 month +9.2%-13.3%-15.6% -1.0%
3 months +3.2%-28.7%-2.4% -0.4%
6 months +10.6%-27.9%+31.5% +4.5%
Year to date +17.0%-23.3%+99.4% +12.4%
1 year +16.8%-28.2%+163.3% +13.6%
3 years +115.0%+85.9%+212.5% +76.4%
3 years, per year +29.1%+23.0%+46.2% +20.8%
5 years +135.6%+131.4%+229.9% +63.7%
5 years, per year +18.7%+18.3%+27.0% +10.4%
10 years +96.3%+748.9%-78.5% +267.7%
10 years, per year +7.0%+23.9%-14.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureFLSSPXCFETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.7%40.5%52.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.0%43.3%48.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.661.680.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.40-0.693.11 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.0%-38.3%-59.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-37.8%-19.0% -1.6%
52-week high $92.04$246.41$90.92 $779.14
52-week low $64.39$153.39$27.99 $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.

MultipleFLSSPXCFET
P/E now vs peer median 40.5xmedian 25.5x 25.8xmedian 22.2x 27.5xmedian 23.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.9x 3.0xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 14.4x 15.9xmedian 13.9x 9.9xmedian 8.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 67.0xmedian 23.3x 33.7xmedian 18.0x 13.6xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.8x 2.7xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 17.59median 1.16 0.24median 1.06 0.49median 0.48

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 monthsFLSSPXCFET
Revenue $4.70B $2.60B $873.93M
Gross profit $1.60B $1.04B $267.84M
Operating income $467.63M $418.10M $64.24M
Net income $273.27M $298.10M $30.20M
Free cash flow $153.66M $228.00M $62.05M
EPS (diluted) $1.99 $5.89 $2.57
Cash & equivalents $742.15M $119.20M $35.17M
Total debt $2.06B $1.33B $127.68M
Shares (diluted) 127.96M 50.65M 11.77M
Enterprise value $6.97B $6.36B $636.85M

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
MetricFLSSPXCFET
P/E 40.5x 25.8x 27.5x
P/FCF 67.0x 33.7x 13.6x
P/Operating cash flow 44.7x 20.4x 12.3x
P/S 2.2x 3.0x 1.0x
P/B 4.3x 3.1x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 5.1x 8.2x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA 20.1x 15.9x 9.9x
EV/EBIT 24.8x 21.3x 14.6x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 3.4x 1.1x
EV/FCF 75.5x 39.0x 15.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 50.4x 23.7x 13.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.59 0.24 0.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.2% 20.2% 10.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 15.2% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.0% 17.4% 21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 17.2% 9.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.1% 22.8% 171.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 46.2% 31.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.5% 33.6% 126.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 112.4% 59.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -42.3% 29.0% 126.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 106.8% 55.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -67.3% 22.7% -20.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.7% 58.9% 78.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -75.6% -16.5% -22.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 47.3% 153.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Gross margin 34.2% 39.9% 30.6%
EBITDA margin 12.3% 21.5% 10.8%
Operating margin 10.0% 16.1% 7.4%
Pretax margin 7.6% 15.0% 5.4%
Net margin 5.4% 11.5% 3.5%
FCF margin 3.3% 8.8% 7.1%
Operating cash flow margin 4.9% 14.5% 7.8%
Return on equity 11.6% 12.4% 9.9%
Return on assets 4.3% 6.8% 3.8%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 9.7% 9.4%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 11.1% 11.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.3x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.7% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Debt / assets 32.4% 27.5% 15.8%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.5x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 2.2x 1.0x
Debt / FCF 13.4x 5.9x 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 49.6% 60.6%
Equity / assets 37.6% 50.4% 39.4%
Interest coverage 5.1x 11.5x –
Current ratio 2.1x 1.8x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.84 3.07 1.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Dividend yield 1.1% – –
Net buyback yield 1.3% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 0.0% 2.7%
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.

ConsensusFLSSPXCFET
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 17.9xFY2026 19.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.34FY2026 $8.57FY2026 $3.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 +26.8%FY2026 +500.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.0% +20.1% +37.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.72BFY2026 $2.64BFY2026 $871.25MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.1%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026 +10.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.3% +14.6% +13.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLSSPXCFET
Held by institutions 100.0% 93.8% 86.6%
Institutions holding 586 512 161
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.6% +10.8% +10.7%
Institutions buying 299 277 102
Institutions selling 203 162 42
Buyers to sellers 1.47 1.71 2.43

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.

FLSSPXCFET
FLS 1.00 0.51 0.19
SPXC 0.51 1.00 0.32
FET 0.19 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLS, SPXC and FET?

Flowserve (FLS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flowserve (FLS) $10.00B, SPX Technologies (SPXC) $7.16B, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) $777.88M.

Which stock is cheaper, FLS, SPXC and FET?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flowserve (FLS) 39.3x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 24.0x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 25.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, SPX Technologies (SPXC) is cheapest (Flowserve (FLS) 18.7x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 17.9x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flowserve (FLS) +0.2%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +20.2%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +10.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) has the highest net margin (Flowserve (FLS) 5.4%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 11.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 3.5%). On return on invested capital, SPX Technologies (SPXC) leads (Flowserve (FLS) 8.1%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 9.7%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 9.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Forum Energy Technologies (FET) returned the most: Flowserve (FLS) +16.8%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) -28.2%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +163.3%. Over five years, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) compounded fastest (Flowserve (FLS) +18.7%/yr, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +18.3%/yr, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +27.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, SPX Technologies (SPXC) has been the steadiest (Flowserve (FLS) 41.7%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 40.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 52.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FLS, SPXC and FET?

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