LGN vs JCI vs AAON Stock Comparison

Legence, Johnson Controls International and Aaon Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LGN Legence Corp.
$38.06 -27.5% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.95B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.31B
Div. yield
–
HVAC Industrials
1 win
AAON Aaon, Inc.
$75.83 -14.9% 1M -27.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.19B
P/E
38.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
Div. yield
–
HVAC Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Johnson Controls International leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Johnson Controls International 5, Aaon 4, Legence 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLGNJCIAAONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.95B $95.74B $6.19B JCI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -44.5x 33.6x 38.8x JCI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.6x 31.8x 34.0x LGN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — +53.5% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.0% — 8.2% AAON
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.1% — 12.7% AAON
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.7x — 1.5x AAON
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.4% +37.9% -27.8% JCI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +16.3%/yr +9.7%/yr JCI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.1% 31.8% 59.8% JCI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 19/100 38/100 42/100 AAON

Percentile Scorecard

LGNJCIAAON

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

AxisLGNJCIAAON
Valuation 18 #46 of 56 15 #48 of 56 7 #52 of 56
Growth – 75 #14 of 52 78 #12 of 52
Profitability 15 #42 of 49 – 52 #24 of 49
Financial Health 24 #43 of 56 – 66 #20 of 56
Shareholder Returns – 25 #31 of 41 5 #39 of 41
Overall 19 38 42
  • LGN ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • JCI ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • AAON ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLGNJCIAAONSPY
1 month -27.5%+3.8%-14.9% -0.2%
3 months -35.7%+11.0%-19.1% +3.9%
6 months -52.8%+10.1%-13.9% +8.2%
Year to date -11.6%+30.2%-0.6% +12.9%
1 year +3.4%+37.9%-27.8% +12.3%
3 years —+223.3%+41.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+47.9%+12.2% +23.3%
5 years —+112.3%+59.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+16.3%+9.7% +10.9%
10 years —+254.1%+285.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+13.5%+14.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLGNJCIAAONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.1%31.8%59.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 78.5%32.6%57.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.801.162.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.051.19-0.46 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.7%-43.1%-53.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -62.8%-1.8%-48.8% -1.2%
52-week high $102.27$158.77$148.25 $779.14
52-week low $33.32$110.85$68.85 $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.

MultipleLGNJCIAAON
P/E now vs peer median -43.6xmedian 20.1x 33.2xmedian 20.1x 39.1xmedian 20.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.5x 3.6xmedian 1.5x 3.2xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 30.5xmedian 11.8x —median 11.8x 22.4xmedian 11.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.2x 28.6xmedian 16.2x -52.6xmedian 16.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 2.9x 6.9xmedian 2.9x 6.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.99 1.64median 0.99 17.96median 0.99

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 monthsLGNJCIAAON
Revenue $3.31B – $1.93B
Gross profit $644.45M $9.52B $494.09M
Operating income $38.41M – $213.50M
Net income -$90.65M – $159.29M
Free cash flow – – -$118.79M
EPS (diluted) $-0.87 $4.68 $1.90
Cash & equivalents $291.98M $618.00M $13.00K
Total debt $4.30B – $435.00M
Shares (diluted) 76.03M 610.00M 83.72M
Enterprise value $2.18B $95.74B $6.19B

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
MetricLGNJCIAAON
P/E -43.6x 33.2x 39.1x
P/FCF – 28.6x -52.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 24.4x 72.2x
P/S 1.2x 3.6x 3.2x
P/B 4.2x 6.9x 6.2x
P/Tangible book 22.2x 9.3x 6.2x
EV/EBITDA 30.5x – 22.4x
EV/EBIT 126.4x – 31.3x
EV/Revenue 1.5x – 3.5x
EV/FCF – – -56.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 24.4x 77.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.64 17.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLGNJCIAAON
Revenue growth (1Y) – – 53.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 22.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.7% 36.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.8% 16.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 39.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 5.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – – 30.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 2.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – -7.0% 29.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 20.2% 2.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 51.6% 157.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 27.8% -11.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 33.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -74.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLGNJCIAAON
Gross margin 19.5% – 25.6%
EBITDA margin 4.8% – 15.5%
Operating margin 1.2% – 11.0%
Pretax margin -1.9% – 9.9%
Net margin -2.0% – 8.2%
FCF margin – – -6.1%
Operating cash flow margin – – 4.5%
Return on equity -10.5% 21.1% 16.4%
Return on assets -2.9% 7.3% 8.7%
Return on invested capital 2.1% – 12.7%
Return on capital employed 1.9% – 14.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x – 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLGNJCIAAON
Debt / assets 27.7% – 23.3%
Debt / equity 1.1x – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.7x – 1.5x
Debt / FCF – – -3.7x
Liabilities / assets 73.9% – 45.8%
Equity / assets 26.1% 33.9% 54.2%
Interest coverage 0.4x – –
Current ratio 1.3x 0.9x 3.0x
Quick ratio 1.3x – 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.83 – 6.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLGNJCIAAON
Dividend yield – 1.0% 0.5%
Net buyback yield – – -0.6%
Shareholder yield – 1.0% -0.1%
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.

ConsensusLGNJCIAAON
Forward P/E 27.6xFY2026 31.8xFY2026 34.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.38FY2026 $4.90FY2026 $2.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +30.3%FY2026 +65.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +79.0% +30.8% +56.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.58BFY2026 $26.80BFY2026 $2.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +79.7%FY2026 +13.6%FY2026 +69.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.8% +6.3% +16.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLGNJCIAAON
Held by institutions 100.0% 89.5% 78.7%
Institutions holding 265 1,597 469
Change in shares held, QoQ +17.6% -1.1% -7.0%
Institutions buying 194 790 241
Institutions selling 58 557 174
Buyers to sellers 3.34 1.42 1.39

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.

LGNJCIAAON
LGN 1.00 0.42 0.35
JCI 0.42 1.00 0.48
AAON 0.35 0.48 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LGN, JCI and AAON?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Legence (LGN) $2.95B, Johnson Controls International (JCI) $95.74B, Aaon (AAON) $6.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, LGN, JCI and AAON?

Johnson Controls International (JCI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Legence (LGN) -44.5x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 33.6x, Aaon (AAON) 38.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Legence (LGN) is cheapest (Legence (LGN) 27.6x, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 31.8x, Aaon (AAON) 34.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is more profitable?

Aaon (AAON) has the highest net margin (Legence (LGN) -2.0%, Aaon (AAON) 8.2%). On return on invested capital, Aaon (AAON) leads (Legence (LGN) 2.1%, Aaon (AAON) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson Controls International (JCI) returned the most: Legence (LGN) +3.4%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) +37.9%, Aaon (AAON) -27.8%. Over five years, Johnson Controls International (JCI) compounded fastest (Johnson Controls International (JCI) +16.3%/yr, Aaon (AAON) +9.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Johnson Controls International (JCI) has been the steadiest (Legence (LGN) 73.1%, Johnson Controls International (JCI) 31.8%, Aaon (AAON) 59.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LGN, JCI and AAON?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Johnson Controls International (JCI) leads on 5. 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.