FPS vs GEV vs HWM Stock Comparison

Forgent Power Solutions, GE Vernova and Howmet Aerospace Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GEV GE Vernova Inc.
$895.52 -6.4% 1M +53.2% 1Y
Market cap
$238.51B
P/E
25.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.37B
Div. yield
0.22%
Power Equipment Industrials
6 wins
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc.
$191.96 -17.4% 1M -4.9% 1Y
Market cap
$76.78B
P/E
41.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.12B
Div. yield
0.26%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

GE Vernova leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (GE Vernova 6, Howmet Aerospace 4, Forgent Power Solutions 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFPSGEVHWMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.41B $238.51B $76.78B GEV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 80.3x 25.2x 41.1x GEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.4x — 37.0x FPS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +13.0% +18.1% HWM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 23.0% 20.5% GEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.7% 19.4% HWM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -3.4x 1.4x GEV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.22% 0.26% HWM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — +53.2% -4.9% GEV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +45.3%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.0% 53.9% 35.1% HWM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 83/100 73/100 GEV

Percentile Scorecard

FPSGEVHWM

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

AxisFPSGEVHWM
Valuation 5 #194 of 203 75 #16 of 61 40 #60 of 100
Growth – 98 #2 of 58 91 #10 of 97
Profitability – 91 #6 of 55 98 #3 of 96
Financial Health 20 #173 of 217 57 #31 of 71 49 #54 of 105
Shareholder Returns – 93 #3 of 30 88 #9 of 65
Overall – 83 73
  • FPS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GEV ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • HWM ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFPSGEVHWMSPY
1 month -30.7%-6.4%-17.4% -0.2%
3 months -16.6%-5.1%-32.9% +3.9%
6 months -26.9%-17.8%-20.2% +8.2%
Year to date —+37.0%-6.4% +12.9%
1 year —+53.2%-4.9% +12.3%
3 years ——+345.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year ——+64.6% +23.3%
5 years ——+546.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year ——+45.3% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureFPSGEVHWMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.0%53.9%35.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 90.8%53.9%36.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.612.151.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —0.99-0.14 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.5%-38.3%-36.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.2%-23.8%-34.4% -1.2%
52-week high $64.59$1,174.86$292.71 $779.14
52-week low $24.22$547.96$185.88 $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.

MultipleFPSGEVHWM
P/E now vs peer median 80.3xmedian 25.2x 25.2xmedian 27.2x 41.1xmedian 26.5x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 1.9x 5.8xmedian 2.4x 8.4xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 76.0xmedian 18.4x 28.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,085xmedian 21.7x 19.2xmedian 28.6x 42.9xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 2.3x 18.2xmedian 1.7x 13.4xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.32 —median 0.79 0.76median 0.90

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 monthsFPSGEVHWM
Revenue – $41.37B $9.12B
Gross profit – $8.36B $3.29B
Operating income – $1.80B $2.50B
Net income – $9.54B $1.87B
Free cash flow – $12.44B $1.79B
R&D – $1.31B $37.00M
EPS (diluted) – $35.29 $4.65
Cash & equivalents $97.48M $13.12B $563.00M
Total debt $582.18M $2.79B $4.50B
Shares (diluted) 243.80M 270.00M 402.00M
Enterprise value $7.42B $199.58B $72.39B

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
MetricFPSGEVHWM
P/E 80.3x 25.2x 41.1x
P/FCF -1,085x 19.2x 42.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 16.9x 34.6x
P/S 5.2x 5.8x 8.4x
P/B 11.0x 18.2x 13.4x
P/Tangible book 19.4x 27.7x 15.8x
EV/EBITDA – 76.0x 28.9x
EV/EBIT – 126.8x 32.4x
EV/Revenue – 5.5x 8.9x
EV/FCF – 18.3x 45.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.1x 36.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFPSGEVHWM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 13.0% 18.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 13.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 27.7% 30.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 25.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 174.7% 32.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 34.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 719.9% 33.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 52.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 742.6% 35.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 54.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 295.4% 56.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 42.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 359.3% 75.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 45.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFPSGEVHWM
Gross margin – 20.2% 36.0%
EBITDA margin – 7.3% 30.7%
Operating margin – 4.3% 27.4%
Pretax margin – 19.0% 25.0%
Net margin – 23.0% 20.5%
FCF margin – 30.1% 19.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 34.2% 24.4%
Return on equity – 67.6% 33.3%
Return on assets – 12.2% 14.2%
Return on invested capital – 10.7% 19.4%
Return on capital employed – 8.0% 23.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFPSGEVHWM
Debt / assets 26.1% 3.5% 34.0%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.2x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – -3.4x 1.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.2x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 69.9% 83.8% 56.7%
Equity / assets 30.1% 16.2% 43.3%
Interest coverage – 9.5x –
Current ratio 1.5x 0.8x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.77 8.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFPSGEVHWM
Dividend yield – 0.2% 0.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.3% 1.3%
Shareholder yield – 2.5% 1.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 10.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 10.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 30.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 47.3%

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.

ConsensusFPSGEVHWM
Forward P/E 19.4xFY2027 – 37.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.39FY2027 – $5.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +104.4%FY2027 – +37.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +53.2% – +31.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.41BFY2027 – $10.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.5%FY2027 – +25.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.0% – +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFPSGEVHWM
Held by institutions 64.9% 79.1% 91.0%
Institutions holding 369 3,416 1,600
Change in shares held, QoQ +46.0% +4.0% +0.7%
Institutions buying 296 1,952 907
Institutions selling 63 982 484
Buyers to sellers 4.70 1.99 1.87

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.

FPSGEVHWM
FPS 1.00 0.63 0.34
GEV 0.63 1.00 0.33
HWM 0.34 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FPS, GEV and HWM?

GE Vernova (GEV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) $7.41B, GE Vernova (GEV) $238.51B, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) $76.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, FPS, GEV and HWM?

GE Vernova (GEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 80.3x, GE Vernova (GEV) 25.2x, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 41.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) is cheapest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 19.4x, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 37.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: GE Vernova (GEV) +13.0%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) +18.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

GE Vernova (GEV) has the highest net margin (GE Vernova (GEV) 23.0%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 20.5%). On return on invested capital, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) leads (GE Vernova (GEV) 10.7%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 19.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GE Vernova (GEV) returned the most: GE Vernova (GEV) +53.2%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) -4.9%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has the highest dividend yield: GE Vernova (GEV) 0.22%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 0.26%. Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) has been the steadiest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 91.0%, GE Vernova (GEV) 53.9%, Howmet Aerospace (HWM) 35.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FPS, GEV and HWM?

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