FPS vs VRT vs AEIS Stock Comparison

Forgent Power Solutions, Vertiv Holdings and Advanced Energy Industries Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
$199.91 -21.1% 1M +7.4% 1Y
Market cap
$80.63B
P/E
46.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.48B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionFPSVRTAEISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.53B $80.63B $9.02B VRT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 74.7x 46.6x 41.1x AEIS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x 28.9x 20.6x FPS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +26.2% +24.6% VRT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.1% 10.8% VRT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 24.0% 10.3% VRT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x -0.4x AEIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — +7.4% +9.1% AEIS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +52.0%/yr +21.2%/yr VRT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 90.9% 66.0% 65.0% AEIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 60/100 45/100 VRT

Percentile Scorecard

FPSVRTAEIS

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

AxisFPSVRTAEIS
Valuation 5 #194 of 203 30 #142 of 203 13 #177 of 203
Growth – 100 #2 of 187 76 #46 of 187
Profitability – 99 #3 of 185 55 #84 of 185
Financial Health 20 #176 of 219 56 #96 of 219 61 #86 of 219
Shareholder Returns – 16 #129 of 153 19 #124 of 153
Overall – 60 45
  • FPS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • VRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AEIS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFPSVRTAEISSPY
1 month -35.5%-21.1%-20.9% -0.8%
3 months -30.6%-30.4%-24.3% +3.5%
6 months -32.4%-38.0%-42.7% +7.0%
Year to date —+23.4%+5.6% +12.2%
1 year —+7.4%+9.1% +13.0%
3 years —+448.9%+151.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+76.5%+36.1% +23.1%
5 years —+709.7%+160.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+52.0%+21.2% +11.0%
10 years ——+364.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+16.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFPSVRTAEISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 90.9%66.0%65.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 90.8%67.0%67.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.592.892.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —0.110.14 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.5%-70.2%-44.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.1%-46.9%-43.2% -1.8%
52-week high $64.59$376.23$389.05 $779.14
52-week low $24.22$149.83$188.88 $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.

MultipleFPSVRTAEIS
P/E now vs peer median 74.7xmedian 26.0x 44.4xmedian 26.0x 39.2xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 1.9x 6.7xmedian 1.9x 4.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 29.9xmedian 14.0x 26.0xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,011xmedian 21.4x 26.3xmedian 21.4x 101.1xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 10.3xmedian 2.2x 16.2xmedian 2.2x 6.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.26 0.40median 1.26 10.68median 1.26

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 monthsFPSVRTAEIS
Revenue – $11.48B $2.04B
Gross profit – $4.37B $800.50M
Operating income – $2.17B $269.20M
Net income – $1.73B $219.40M
Free cash flow – $2.93B $87.50M
R&D – – $246.60M
EPS (diluted) – $4.41 $5.19
Cash & equivalents $97.48M $2.81B $1.40B
Total debt $582.18M $2.94B $3.30B
Shares (diluted) 243.80M 392.75M 42.30M
Enterprise value $6.53B $71.25B $5.38B

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
MetricFPSVRTAEIS
P/E 74.7x 44.4x 39.2x
P/FCF -1,011x 26.3x 101.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 22.9x 37.0x
P/S 4.9x 6.7x 4.3x
P/B 10.3x 16.2x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 18.1x 26.0x 6.6x
EV/EBITDA – 29.9x 26.0x
EV/EBIT – 35.3x 32.4x
EV/Revenue – 6.7x 4.3x
EV/FCF – 26.2x 99.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 22.9x 36.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.40 10.68

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAEIS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 26.2% 24.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 36.0% 32.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 29.1% 6.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 39.2% 216.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 55.5% 9.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 113.2% 161.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 112.2% 7.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 111.6% 133.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 110.3% 3.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 135.1% 23.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 91.1% 7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 134.8% -30.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 100.2% -11.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAEIS
Gross margin – 38.0% 39.3%
EBITDA margin – 22.3% 16.5%
Operating margin – 18.9% 13.2%
Pretax margin – 18.4% 12.1%
Net margin – 15.1% 10.8%
FCF margin – 25.5% 4.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 29.2% 11.7%
Return on equity – 38.5% 15.4%
Return on assets – 11.8% 7.3%
Return on invested capital – 24.0% 10.3%
Return on capital employed – 29.4% 11.3%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAEIS
Debt / assets 26.1% 18.5% 36.9%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.6x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 14.4x
Liabilities / assets 69.9% 70.1% 57.5%
Equity / assets 30.1% 29.9% 42.5%
Interest coverage – 41.4x 17.1x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.4x 3.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 2.8x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 2.2x
Altman Z-score – 5.69 4.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAEIS
Dividend yield – 0.1% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 0.1%
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 0.3%
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.

ConsensusFPSVRTAEIS
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2027 28.9xFY2026 20.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.39FY2027 $6.91FY2026 $10.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +104.4%FY2027 +64.5%FY2026 +67.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +53.2% +40.2% +37.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.41BFY2027 $14.66BFY2026 $2.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.5%FY2027 +43.3%FY2026 +41.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.0% +20.2% +25.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFPSVRTAEIS
Held by institutions 55.4% 81.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 369 2,037 678
Change in shares held, QoQ +46.0% +0.0% -2.0%
Institutions buying 296 1,170 388
Institutions selling 63 690 218
Buyers to sellers 4.70 1.70 1.78

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.

FPSVRTAEIS
FPS 1.00 0.60 0.60
VRT 0.60 1.00 0.70
AEIS 0.60 0.70 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FPS, VRT and AEIS?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) $6.53B, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) $80.63B, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) $9.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, FPS, VRT and AEIS?

Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 74.7x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 46.6x, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 41.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) is cheapest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 18.1x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 28.9x, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 20.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +26.2%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +24.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vertiv Holdings (VRT) has the highest net margin (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 15.1%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.8%). On return on invested capital, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) leads (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 24.0%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) returned the most: Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +7.4%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +9.1%. Over five years, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) compounded fastest (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +52.0%/yr, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +21.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) has been the steadiest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 90.9%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 66.0%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 65.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FPS, VRT and AEIS?

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