HBB vs PNR vs SN Stock Comparison

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding, Pentair and SharkNinja Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PNR PENTAIR plc
$55.31 +0.1% 1M -50.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.88B
P/E
13.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.01B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins
SN SharkNinja, Inc.
$196.27 +16.5% 1M +102.7% 1Y
Market cap
$28.08B
P/E
40.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.91B
Div. yield
–
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding 6, Pentair 3, SharkNinja 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHBBPNRSNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $446.04M $8.88B $28.08B SN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.8x 13.6x 40.4x HBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.2x 28.3x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.3% -2.1% +17.5% SN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% 16.2% 10.1% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.9% 12.6% 21.2% HBB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.6x 1.6x -0.1x HBB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +121.2% -50.0% +102.7% HBB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.7%/yr -6.1%/yr — HBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.4% 33.9% 42.9% PNR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 84/100 66/100 64/100 HBB

Percentile Scorecard

HBBPNRSN

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

AxisHBBPNRSN
Valuation 95 #3 of 42 84 #34 of 203 17 #35 of 42
Growth 98 #2 of 42 37 #119 of 188 93 #4 of 42
Profitability 97 #2 of 40 87 #26 of 187 95 #3 of 40
Financial Health 81 #9 of 44 42 #129 of 222 70 #14 of 44
Shareholder Returns 48 #15 of 28 83 #27 of 153 44 #16 of 28
Overall 84 66 64
  • HBB ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • SN ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHBBPNRSNSPY
1 month -3.9%+0.1%+16.5% -1.0%
3 months +47.7%-12.1%+32.1% +2.9%
6 months +58.7%-39.7%+69.6% +6.4%
Year to date +101.4%-46.9%+75.4% +11.4%
1 year +121.2%-50.0%+102.7% +13.1%
3 years +177.2%-7.0%+382.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +40.5%-2.4%+69.0% +21.5%
5 years +116.5%-27.0%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +16.7%-6.1%— +10.9%
10 years —-5.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —-0.5%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHBBPNRSNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.4%33.9%42.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.6%40.0%39.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.110.891.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.31-1.482.39 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.4%-53.7%-42.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.2%-50.0%-1.4% -2.5%
52-week high $38.63$110.70$199.15 $779.14
52-week low $13.76$52.11$84.57 $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.

MultipleHBBPNRSN
P/E now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 15.0x 13.7xmedian 25.9x 39.9xmedian 15.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 2.2xmedian 1.9x 4.0xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 9.7x 11.1xmedian 13.7x 25.0xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 12.1x 13.1xmedian 21.1x 34.4xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.2x 2.4xmedian 2.3x 9.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.64 1.27median 1.19 0.90median 0.64

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 monthsHBBPNRSN
Revenue $610.31M $4.01B $6.91B
Gross profit $201.94M $1.66B $3.38B
Operating income $76.49M $813.20M $950.59M
Net income $57.44M $651.40M $695.22M
Free cash flow $96.92M $673.00M $804.52M
R&D – $95.40M $399.28M
EPS (diluted) $4.25 $4.03 $4.91
Cash & equivalents $101.47M $91.80M $779.83M
Total debt $200.00M $1.61B $716.47M
Shares (diluted) 13.51M 161.60M 141.51M
Enterprise value $232.67M $8.49B $25.75B

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
MetricHBBPNRSN
P/E 7.8x 13.7x 39.9x
P/FCF 4.6x 13.1x 34.4x
P/Operating cash flow 4.5x 11.7x 28.4x
P/S 0.7x 2.2x 4.0x
P/B 2.1x 2.4x 9.7x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 3.3x 11.5x
EV/EBITDA 4.6x 11.1x 25.0x
EV/EBIT 5.2x 12.7x 29.0x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 2.6x 4.0x
EV/FCF 4.1x 15.4x 34.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.0x 13.8x 28.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 1.27 0.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHBBPNRSN
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.3% -2.1% 17.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.1% -1.3% 20.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.5% 1.7% 18.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.9% 4.5% 29.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 80.2% 2.2% 36.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 67.5% 7.7% 40.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 78.4% 6.9% 34.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 90.3% 9.7% 45.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 78.7% 9.6% 34.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 93.0% 10.7% 44.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2,069% -16.8% 141.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 12.5% 32.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6,575% -19.6% 432.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 14.6% 31.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHBBPNRSN
Gross margin 33.1% 41.3% 48.9%
EBITDA margin 14.0% 23.3% 15.9%
Operating margin 12.5% 20.3% 13.8%
Pretax margin 12.6% 18.4% 12.8%
Net margin 9.4% 16.2% 10.1%
FCF margin 15.9% 16.8% 11.6%
Operating cash flow margin 16.2% 18.7% 14.1%
Return on equity 28.6% 17.2% 24.8%
Return on assets 14.7% 9.5% 13.1%
Return on invested capital 22.9% 12.6% 21.2%
Return on capital employed 26.8% 13.7% 27.2%
Asset turnover 1.6x 0.6x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.9% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHBBPNRSN
Debt / assets 12.2% 23.9% 12.8%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.6x 1.6x -0.1x
Debt / FCF 0.5x 2.4x 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 47.3% 44.1% 49.2%
Equity / assets 52.7% 55.9% 50.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 3.1x 1.5x 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.7x 1.3x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.74 3.50 8.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHBBPNRSN
Dividend yield 1.5% 2.4% –
Net buyback yield 1.1% 5.1% 0.4%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 7.5% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 26.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 25.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% –

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.

ConsensusHBBPNRSN
Forward P/E – 12.2xFY2026 28.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.55FY2026 $6.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -7.5%FY2026 +31.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +17.4% +2.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.86BFY2026 $7.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -7.8%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +9.3% +12.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHBBPNRSN
Held by institutions 37.9% 95.0% 64.7%
Institutions holding 80 719 563
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.8% -0.1% +11.6%
Institutions buying 38 353 370
Institutions selling 25 256 144
Buyers to sellers 1.52 1.38 2.57

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.

HBBPNRSN
HBB 1.00 0.21 0.36
PNR 0.21 1.00 0.35
SN 0.36 0.35 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HBB, PNR and SN?

SharkNinja (SN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) $446.04M, Pentair (PNR) $8.88B, SharkNinja (SN) $28.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, HBB, PNR and SN?

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 7.8x, Pentair (PNR) 13.6x, SharkNinja (SN) 40.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Pentair (PNR) 12.2x, SharkNinja (SN) 28.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SharkNinja (SN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) -3.3%, Pentair (PNR) -2.1%, SharkNinja (SN) +17.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 9.4%, Pentair (PNR) 16.2%, SharkNinja (SN) 10.1%). On return on invested capital, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) leads (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 22.9%, Pentair (PNR) 12.6%, SharkNinja (SN) 21.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) returned the most: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) +121.2%, Pentair (PNR) -50.0%, SharkNinja (SN) +102.7%. Over five years, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) compounded fastest (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) +16.7%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -6.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 0.00%, Pentair (PNR) 0.02%, SharkNinja (SN) 0.00%. Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) and SharkNinja (SN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pentair (PNR) has been the steadiest (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 52.4%, Pentair (PNR) 33.9%, SharkNinja (SN) 42.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HBB, PNR and SN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 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.