FPS vs VRT vs APH Stock Comparison

Forgent Power Solutions, Vertiv Holdings and Amphenol Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
$208.78 -17.6% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$80.37B
P/E
46.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.48B
Div. yield
0.12%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
5 wins
APH Amphenol Corp /De/
$78.27 -6.9% 1M -42.4% 1Y
Market cap
$193.01B
P/E
37.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.01B
Div. yield
0.65%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Amphenol leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amphenol 6, Vertiv Holdings 5, Forgent Power Solutions 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFPSVRTAPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.41B $80.37B $193.01B APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 80.3x 46.4x 37.4x APH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.4x 30.2x 30.0x FPS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +26.2% +54.2% APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.1% 17.7% APH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 24.0% 16.5% VRT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x 1.5x VRT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.12% 0.65% APH
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — +8.2% -42.4% VRT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +52.1%/yr +15.4%/yr VRT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.0% 66.0% 85.5% VRT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 59/100 63/100 APH

Percentile Scorecard

FPSVRTAPH

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

AxisFPSVRTAPH
Valuation 5 #194 of 203 26 #150 of 203 18 #166 of 203
Growth – 100 #2 of 188 97 #7 of 188
Profitability – 100 #2 of 183 98 #5 of 183
Financial Health 20 #173 of 217 56 #96 of 217 41 #129 of 217
Shareholder Returns – 16 #129 of 153 64 #56 of 153
Overall – 59 63
  • FPS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • VRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFPSVRTAPHSPY
1 month -30.7%-17.6%-6.9% -0.2%
3 months -16.6%-22.5%-45.6% +3.9%
6 months -26.9%-31.6%-45.5% +8.2%
Year to date —+28.9%-42.1% +12.9%
1 year —+8.2%-42.4% +12.3%
3 years —+473.3%+97.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+79.0%+25.5% +23.3%
5 years —+712.4%+104.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+52.1%+15.4% +10.9%
10 years ——+378.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+17.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFPSVRTAPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.0%66.0%85.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 90.8%67.0%114.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.612.901.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —0.12-0.50 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.5%-70.2%-58.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.2%-44.5%-55.6% -1.2%
52-week high $64.59$376.23$176.32 $779.14
52-week low $24.22$149.83$73.07 $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.

MultipleFPSVRTAPH
P/E now vs peer median 80.3xmedian 25.2x 46.4xmedian 25.2x 37.4xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 1.9x 7.0xmedian 1.9x 6.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 31.3xmedian 14.0x 22.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,085xmedian 21.7x 27.4xmedian 21.7x 40.9xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 2.3x 16.9xmedian 2.3x 12.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.32 0.42median 1.32 1.00median 1.32

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 monthsFPSVRTAPH
Revenue – $11.48B $29.01B
Gross profit – $4.37B $11.17B
Operating income – $2.17B $7.84B
Net income – $1.73B $5.19B
Free cash flow – $2.93B $4.71B
EPS (diluted) – $4.41 $1.99
Cash & equivalents $97.48M $2.81B $4.73B
Total debt $582.18M $2.94B $18.81B
Shares (diluted) 243.80M 392.75M 2.58B
Enterprise value $7.42B $70.99B $187.71B

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
MetricFPSVRTAPH
P/E 80.3x 46.4x 37.4x
P/FCF -1,085x 27.4x 40.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 24.0x 32.9x
P/S 5.2x 7.0x 6.7x
P/B 11.0x 16.9x 12.4x
P/Tangible book 19.4x 27.2x 18.7x
EV/EBITDA – 31.3x 22.6x
EV/EBIT – 36.9x 26.3x
EV/Revenue – 7.0x 7.1x
EV/FCF – 27.4x 43.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 23.9x 35.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.42 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAPH
Revenue growth (1Y) – 26.2% 54.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% 32.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 36.0% 70.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 29.1% 40.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 39.2% 86.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 55.5% 45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 113.2% 61.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 112.2% 39.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 111.6% 59.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 110.3% 37.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 135.1% 57.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 91.1% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 134.8% 67.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 100.2% 34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAPH
Gross margin – 38.0% 38.5%
EBITDA margin – 22.3% 31.5%
Operating margin – 18.9% 27.0%
Pretax margin – 18.4% 25.2%
Net margin – 15.1% 17.7%
FCF margin – 25.5% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 29.2% 20.2%
Return on equity – 38.5% 34.9%
Return on assets – 11.8% 11.9%
Return on invested capital – 24.0% 16.5%
Return on capital employed – 29.4% 23.0%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAPH
Debt / assets 26.1% 18.5% 42.0%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.6x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x 1.5x
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 4.0x
Liabilities / assets 69.9% 70.1% 65.2%
Equity / assets 30.1% 29.9% 34.8%
Interest coverage – 41.4x 12.4x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.4x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – 5.87 5.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFPSVRTAPH
Dividend yield – 0.1% 0.6%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 0.2%
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 21.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 39.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 27.7%

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.

ConsensusFPSVRTAPH
Forward P/E 19.4xFY2027 30.2xFY2026 30.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.39FY2027 $6.91FY2026 $2.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +104.4%FY2027 +64.5%FY2026 +56.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +53.2% +40.2% +35.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.41BFY2027 $14.66BFY2026 $33.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.5%FY2027 +43.3%FY2026 +44.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.0% +20.2% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFPSVRTAPH
Held by institutions 64.9% 81.7% 96.0%
Institutions holding 369 2,038 2,330
Change in shares held, QoQ +46.0% +0.0% +2.6%
Institutions buying 296 1,170 1,360
Institutions selling 63 691 773
Buyers to sellers 4.70 1.69 1.76

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.

FPSVRTAPH
FPS 1.00 0.60 0.21
VRT 0.60 1.00 0.25
APH 0.21 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FPS, VRT and APH?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) $7.41B, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) $80.37B, Amphenol (APH) $193.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, FPS, VRT and APH?

Amphenol (APH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 80.3x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 46.4x, Amphenol (APH) 37.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) is cheapest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 19.4x, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 30.2x, Amphenol (APH) 30.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amphenol (APH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +26.2%, Amphenol (APH) +54.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest net margin (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 15.1%, Amphenol (APH) 17.7%). On return on invested capital, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) leads (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 24.0%, Amphenol (APH) 16.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Vertiv Holdings (VRT) returned the most: Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +8.2%, Amphenol (APH) -42.4%. Over five years, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) compounded fastest (Vertiv Holdings (VRT) +52.1%/yr, Amphenol (APH) +15.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest dividend yield: Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 0.12%, Amphenol (APH) 0.65%. Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) has been the steadiest (Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) 91.0%, Vertiv Holdings (VRT) 66.0%, Amphenol (APH) 85.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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