FLS vs SPXC vs FET Stock Comparison

Flowserve, SPX Technologies and Forum Energy Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FLS Flowserve Corp
$69.54 -5.8% 1M +30.2% 1Y
Market cap
$9.05B
P/E
24.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.63B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionFLSSPXCFETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.05B $8.26B $1.02B FLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.4x 29.6x -641.6x FLS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.0x 18.9x 23.5x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.3% +20.6% +3.9% SPXC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.0% 11.3% -0.2% SPXC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% 10.5% 0.0% SPXC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 0.8x 1.6x SPXC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.2% -16.7% +187.2% FET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.1%/yr +22.6%/yr +31.0%/yr FET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.9% 41.6% 55.2% SPXC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 71/100 49/100 SPXC

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 50 #102 of 203 42 #33 of 56 17 #39 of 47
Growth 69 #58 of 187 100 #1 of 52 77 #11 of 44
Profitability 54 #86 of 185 68 #17 of 51 28 #30 of 41
Financial Health 34 #146 of 219 74 #16 of 58 29 #33 of 46
Shareholder Returns 85 #24 of 153 – 97 #2 of 32
Overall 58 71 49
  • FLS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • SPXC ranked among 60 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 -5.8%-6.4%+7.2% -0.8%
3 months -4.3%-26.2%+56.9% +3.5%
6 months -20.9%-27.3%+40.0% +7.0%
Year to date +0.2%-19.2%+140.3% +12.2%
1 year +30.2%-16.7%+187.2% +13.0%
3 years +94.0%+105.7%+306.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +24.7%+27.2%+59.6% +23.1%
5 years +93.1%+176.6%+285.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +14.1%+22.6%+31.0% +11.0%
10 years +58.9%+719.3%-77.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +4.7%+23.4%-13.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFLSSPXCFETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.9%41.6%55.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.0%41.8%53.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.761.750.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.62-0.403.39 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.0%-38.3%-59.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.4%-34.4%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $92.04$246.41$88.80 $779.14
52-week low $52.66$160.01$26.78 $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 23.9xmedian 26.0x 29.0xmedian 19.4x -633.3xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.9x 3.3xmedian 1.5x 1.2xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 14.0x 16.1xmedian 12.1x 16.0xmedian 8.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.5xmedian 21.4x 26.6xmedian 16.1x 18.8xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.2x 3.4xmedian 2.9x 3.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 1.40median 1.26 0.43median 0.93 -15.76median 0.41

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 $4.63B $2.48B $833.35M
Gross profit $1.57B $996.30M $233.66M
Operating income $392.30M $399.90M $38.17M
Net income $390.08M $278.90M -$1.58M
Free cash flow $411.44M $304.30M $53.22M
EPS (diluted) $2.89 $5.50 $-0.13
Cash & equivalents $731.01M $166.40M $33.72M
Total debt $2.14B $2.29B $143.71M
Shares (diluted) 128.36M 50.68M 11.77M
Enterprise value $5.93B $7.34B $878.09M

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 23.9x 29.0x -633.3x
P/FCF 21.5x 26.6x 18.8x
P/Operating cash flow 18.1x 19.2x 16.8x
P/S 1.9x 3.3x 1.2x
P/B 3.8x 3.4x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 4.5x 6.1x 4.8x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x 16.1x 16.0x
EV/EBIT 26.1x 21.4x 29.0x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 3.5x 1.3x
EV/FCF 24.9x 28.1x 20.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.0x 20.2x 18.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.40 0.43 -15.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.3% 20.6% 3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 15.1% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.3% 18.5% -5.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 17.8% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.5% 24.1% 151.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.5% 52.2% 8.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 24.0% 32.4% 98.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 72.2% 37.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.5% 23.8% 98.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.1% 67.5% 40.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 1.6% 52.8% -33.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 81.4% 131.0% 145.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% 23.8% -35.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 348.1% 168.6% 178.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Gross margin 33.9% 40.2% 28.0%
EBITDA margin 10.5% 21.4% 8.3%
Operating margin 8.5% 16.2% 4.6%
Pretax margin 11.9% 14.8% 2.5%
Net margin 8.0% 11.3% -0.2%
FCF margin 8.9% 12.3% 6.4%
Operating cash flow margin 10.5% 17.1% 7.1%
Return on equity 16.9% 12.0% -0.6%
Return on assets 6.5% 7.1% -0.2%
Return on invested capital 6.6% 10.5% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 8.6% 12.1% 7.0%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.5x -37.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.7% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Debt / assets 33.8% 15.6% 18.6%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.3x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 0.8x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 5.2x 2.0x 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 63.2% 40.4% 62.4%
Equity / assets 36.8% 59.6% 37.6%
Interest coverage 4.6x 10.7x –
Current ratio 2.2x 1.8x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.55 4.39 1.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLSSPXCFET
Dividend yield 1.3% – –
Net buyback yield 2.6% – 3.6%
Shareholder yield 3.8% 0.0% 3.6%
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 16.0xFY2026 18.9xFY2026 23.5xFY2026
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 584 510 161
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.6% +10.8% +10.7%
Institutions buying 299 275 102
Institutions selling 201 162 42
Buyers to sellers 1.49 1.70 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 0.43 0.19
SPXC 0.43 1.00 0.18
FET 0.19 0.18 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) $9.05B, SPX Technologies (SPXC) $8.26B, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) $1.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLS, SPXC and FET?

Flowserve (FLS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flowserve (FLS) 24.4x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 29.6x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) -641.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Flowserve (FLS) 16.0x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 18.9x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 23.5x). 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) -0.3%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +20.6%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) has the highest net margin (Flowserve (FLS) 8.0%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 11.3%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) -0.2%). On return on invested capital, SPX Technologies (SPXC) leads (Flowserve (FLS) 6.6%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 10.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Forum Energy Technologies (FET) returned the most: Flowserve (FLS) +30.2%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) -16.7%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +187.2%. Over five years, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) compounded fastest (Flowserve (FLS) +14.1%/yr, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +22.6%/yr, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +31.0%/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) 48.9%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 41.6%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 55.2%). 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.