KRNT vs CXT vs AME Stock Comparison

Kornit Digital, Crane NXT and Ametek Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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KRNT Kornit Digital Ltd.
$18.20 +17.0% 1M +19.9% 1Y
Market cap
$842.49M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$215.85M
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
CXT Crane NXT, Co.
$58.43 +22.4% 1M -11.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.36B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
1.22%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins
AME Ametek Inc/
$246.27 -1.9% 1M +31.9% 1Y
Market cap
$56.46B
P/E
35.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.86B
Div. yield
0.54%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ametek leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Ametek 8, Crane NXT 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKRNTCXTAMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $842.49M $3.36B $56.46B AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -40.5x 23.9x 35.8x CXT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 91.0x 12.7x 30.0x CXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.0% +17.3% +12.7% CXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -9.4% 7.8% 20.0% AME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.4% 12.8% AME
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.2x 0.6x AME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.22% 0.54% CXT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.9% -11.0% +31.9% AME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -35.7%/yr +10.6%/yr +13.3%/yr AME
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.8% 38.9% 23.9% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 44/100 62/100 AME

Percentile Scorecard

KRNTCXTAME

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

AxisKRNTCXTAME
Valuation 47 #108 of 203 68 #65 of 203 18 #167 of 203
Growth 41 #112 of 188 49 #97 of 188 60 #76 of 188
Profitability 23 #142 of 183 61 #72 of 183 93 #14 of 183
Financial Health 99 #3 of 217 18 #179 of 217 69 #69 of 217
Shareholder Returns 11 #137 of 153 26 #113 of 153 68 #49 of 153
Overall 44 44 62
  • KRNT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CXT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AME ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKRNTCXTAMESPY
1 month +17.0%+22.4%-1.9% -0.2%
3 months +19.1%+7.2%+2.0% +3.9%
6 months +18.2%+31.9%+7.6% +8.2%
Year to date +26.6%+24.1%+20.0% +12.9%
1 year +19.9%-11.0%+31.9% +12.3%
3 years +32.8%+14.8%+76.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +9.9%+4.7%+21.0% +23.3%
5 years -89.0%+65.7%+86.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -35.7%+10.6%+13.3% +10.9%
10 years +74.2%+147.8%+457.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year +5.7%+9.5%+18.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureKRNTCXTAMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.8%38.9%23.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.5%41.1%22.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.521.220.98 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.45-0.281.34 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.0%-47.6%-27.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.6%-11.0%-4.7% -1.2%
52-week high $18.31$65.65$258.54 $779.14
52-week low $12.31$36.13$184.19 $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.

MultipleKRNTCXTAME
P/E now vs peer median -40.5xmedian 25.2x 23.9xmedian 25.2x 35.8xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x 7.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -17.1xmedian 14.0x 12.1xmedian 14.0x 23.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.6xmedian 21.7x 15.0xmedian 21.7x 30.9xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.3x 2.7xmedian 2.3x 5.0xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -1.11median 1.32 -2.29median 1.32 4.11median 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 monthsKRNTCXTAME
Revenue $215.85M $1.80B $7.86B
Gross profit $97.83M $759.30M $2.86B
Operating income -$40.02M $252.60M $2.04B
Net income -$20.32M $141.40M $1.58B
Free cash flow $26.70M $224.00M $1.82B
R&D $20.41M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 $2.42 $6.86
Cash & equivalents $33.81M $231.40M $495.45M
Total debt – $1.45B $2.04B
Shares (diluted) 45.24M 58.00M 229.86M
Enterprise value -$700.35M $2.51B $54.59B

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
MetricKRNTCXTAME
P/E -40.5x 23.9x 35.8x
P/FCF 31.6x 15.0x 30.9x
P/Operating cash flow 28.3x 12.4x 28.8x
P/S 3.9x 1.9x 7.2x
P/B 1.3x 2.7x 5.0x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 6.5x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA -17.1x 12.1x 23.6x
EV/EBIT -11.7x 18.2x 28.5x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 2.5x 7.4x
EV/FCF 17.6x 20.5x 31.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.8x 17.0x 29.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.11 -2.29 4.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKRNTCXTAME
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.0% 17.3% 12.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.7% 10.0% 7.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.6% 14.9% 13.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 5.6% 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -28.0% 9.4% 11.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.6% -4.0% 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -80.4% -6.6% 9.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.6% -9.9% 8.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -89.3% -7.4% 10.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.6% -10.5% 8.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -40.1% 41.3% 8.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.9% -1.1% 11.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -41.6% 52.0% 8.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.6% -4.6% 12.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKRNTCXTAME
Gross margin 45.3% 42.1% 36.4%
EBITDA margin -12.7% 21.0% 31.2%
Operating margin -18.5% 14.0% 25.9%
Pretax margin -9.0% 9.8% 24.3%
Net margin -9.4% 7.8% 20.0%
FCF margin 12.4% 12.4% 23.2%
Operating cash flow margin 13.8% 15.0% 24.9%
Return on equity -3.0% 11.3% 14.2%
Return on assets -2.7% 3.9% 9.6%
Return on invested capital – 7.4% 12.8%
Return on capital employed -5.9% 8.6% 14.8%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.5x 1.9x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 9.6% 1.4% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKRNTCXTAME
Debt / assets – 40.4% 12.3%
Debt / equity – 1.1x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.2x 0.6x
Debt / FCF – 6.5x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 11.4% 64.8% 32.1%
Equity / assets 88.6% 35.2% 67.9%
Interest coverage – 3.5x 21.1x
Current ratio 8.8x 1.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 6.6x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 5.7x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.85 8.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKRNTCXTAME
Dividend yield – 1.2% 0.5%
Net buyback yield -4.6% -0.7% 0.7%
Shareholder yield -4.6% 0.5% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 18.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 16.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 9.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 11.3%

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.

ConsensusKRNTCXTAME
Forward P/E 91.0xFY2026 12.7xFY2026 30.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.20FY2026 $4.59FY2026 $8.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -35.5%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.0% 0.0% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $229.31MFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 $7.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.1%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.8% +17.8% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKRNTCXTAME
Held by institutions 90.9% 100.0% 89.6%
Institutions holding 118 359 1,195
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.9% +12.7% +2.3%
Institutions buying 65 182 615
Institutions selling 35 111 399
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.64 1.54

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.

KRNTCXTAME
KRNT 1.00 0.20 0.37
CXT 0.20 1.00 0.34
AME 0.37 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KRNT, CXT and AME?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kornit Digital (KRNT) $842.49M, Crane NXT (CXT) $3.36B, Ametek (AME) $56.46B.

Which stock is cheaper, KRNT, CXT and AME?

Crane NXT (CXT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kornit Digital (KRNT) -40.5x, Crane NXT (CXT) 23.9x, Ametek (AME) 35.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Crane NXT (CXT) is cheapest (Kornit Digital (KRNT) 91.0x, Crane NXT (CXT) 12.7x, Ametek (AME) 30.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Crane NXT (CXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kornit Digital (KRNT) +4.0%, Crane NXT (CXT) +17.3%, Ametek (AME) +12.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ametek (AME) has the highest net margin (Kornit Digital (KRNT) -9.4%, Crane NXT (CXT) 7.8%, Ametek (AME) 20.0%). On return on invested capital, Ametek (AME) leads (Crane NXT (CXT) 7.4%, Ametek (AME) 12.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ametek (AME) returned the most: Kornit Digital (KRNT) +19.9%, Crane NXT (CXT) -11.0%, Ametek (AME) +31.9%. Over five years, Ametek (AME) compounded fastest (Kornit Digital (KRNT) -35.7%/yr, Crane NXT (CXT) +10.6%/yr, Ametek (AME) +13.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Crane NXT (CXT) has the highest dividend yield: Crane NXT (CXT) 1.22%, Ametek (AME) 0.54%. Kornit Digital (KRNT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Kornit Digital (KRNT) 43.8%, Crane NXT (CXT) 38.9%, Ametek (AME) 23.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KRNT, CXT and AME?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ametek (AME) leads on 8. 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.