NVT vs AEIS vs APTV Stock Comparison

nVent Electric, Advanced Energy Industries and Aptiv Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NVT nVent Electric plc
$138.11 -14.6% 1M +29.9% 1Y
Market cap
$21.34B
P/E
35.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.83B
Div. yield
0.01%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
8 wins
APTV Aptiv PLC
$44.42 +2.4% 1M -48.2% 1Y
Market cap
$9.34B
P/E
42.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.73B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

nVent Electric leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (nVent Electric 8, Aptiv 2, Advanced Energy Industries 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNVTAEISAPTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.34B $8.69B $9.34B NVT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.7x 39.6x 42.4x NVT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x 22.3x 8.1x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +46.2% +24.6% +5.3% NVT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.4% 10.8% 1.2% NVT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.9% 10.3% 2.6% NVT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -0.4x 2.3x AEIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.9% +15.2% -48.2% NVT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.3%/yr +21.2%/yr -23.8%/yr NVT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.3% 65.2% 44.6% APTV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 45/100 56/100 NVT

Percentile Scorecard

NVTAEISAPTV

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

AxisNVTAEISAPTV
Valuation 26 #151 of 203 12 #178 of 203 95 #11 of 203
Growth 90 #20 of 188 77 #45 of 188 15 #160 of 188
Profitability 75 #47 of 183 56 #81 of 183 36 #117 of 183
Financial Health 61 #85 of 216 59 #89 of 216 34 #142 of 216
Shareholder Returns 39 #93 of 152 19 #124 of 152 99 #3 of 152
Overall 58 45 56
  • NVT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AEIS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNVTAEISAPTVSPY
1 month -14.6%-15.4%+2.4% +0.7%
3 months -4.7%-12.6%-23.5% +3.7%
6 months -3.4%-37.6%-26.3% +7.1%
Year to date +35.4%+14.5%-41.6% +12.8%
1 year +29.9%+15.2%-48.2% +11.9%
3 years +189.4%+176.9%-48.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +42.5%+40.5%-19.9% +22.8%
5 years +289.6%+161.1%-74.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +31.3%+21.2%-23.8% +10.9%
10 years —+406.3%-31.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+17.6%-3.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNVTAEISAPTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.3%65.2%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.6%67.5%48.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.252.741.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.600.23-1.08 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.1%-44.3%-76.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.1%-38.4%-49.9% -1.2%
52-week high $184.34$389.05$88.67 $779.14
52-week low $94.99$188.88$42.69 $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.

MultipleNVTAEISAPTV
P/E now vs peer median 37.3xmedian 25.8x 42.5xmedian 25.8x 42.7xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.9x 4.7xmedian 1.9x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 14.6x 28.2xmedian 14.6x 6.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.9xmedian 22.2x 109.6xmedian 22.2x 11.3xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 2.2x 6.6xmedian 2.2x 1.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.84median 1.45 11.58median 1.45 -1.34median 1.45

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 monthsNVTAEISAPTV
Revenue $4.83B $2.04B $18.73B
Gross profit $1.79B $800.50M $3.68B
Operating income $826.50M $269.20M $995.00M
Net income $598.30M $219.40M $231.00M
Free cash flow $659.90M $87.50M $817.00M
R&D $89.10M $246.60M –
EPS (diluted) $3.65 $5.19 $1.04
Cash & equivalents $256.00M $1.40B $761.00M
Total debt $1.49B $3.30B $5.35B
Shares (diluted) 164.10M 42.30M 212.10M
Enterprise value $20.53B $5.05B $2.19B

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
MetricNVTAEISAPTV
P/E 37.3x 42.5x 42.7x
P/FCF 33.9x 109.6x 11.3x
P/Operating cash flow 28.9x 40.1x 6.2x
P/S 4.6x 4.7x 0.5x
P/B 5.6x 6.6x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 10.2x 7.1x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 22.3x 28.2x 6.9x
EV/EBIT 28.5x 35.1x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 4.9x 4.6x 0.7x
EV/FCF 35.7x 108.1x 17.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.5x 39.6x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.84 11.58 -1.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNVTAEISAPTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 46.2% 24.6% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 3.3% -1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.9% 32.8% 4.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 23.8% 6.0% 4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 53.9% 216.7% -43.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.0% 9.4% -15.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 2.1% 161.5% -77.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 7.6% -38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.8% 133.8% -77.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.3% 3.7% -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 33.9% 23.3% -36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 7.6% -7.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 32.8% -30.8% -52.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.8% -11.1% -7.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNVTAEISAPTV
Gross margin 37.0% 39.3% 19.6%
EBITDA margin 21.9% 16.5% 10.7%
Operating margin 17.1% 13.2% 5.3%
Pretax margin 15.7% 12.1% 4.1%
Net margin 12.4% 10.8% 1.2%
FCF margin 13.7% 4.3% 4.4%
Operating cash flow margin 16.0% 11.7% 7.9%
Return on equity 15.4% 15.4% 2.6%
Return on assets 8.5% 7.3% 1.1%
Return on invested capital 11.9% 10.3% 2.6%
Return on capital employed 13.9% 11.3% 5.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.1x 6.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 3.4% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNVTAEISAPTV
Debt / assets 20.9% 36.9% 29.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.9x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -0.4x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 2.3x 14.4x 6.6x
Liabilities / assets 44.2% 57.5% 51.4%
Equity / assets 55.8% 42.5% 48.6%
Interest coverage – 17.1x 3.0x
Current ratio 1.8x 3.8x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.1x 2.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 2.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 5.84 4.90 2.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNVTAEISAPTV
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.2% –
Net buyback yield 0.2% 0.1% 7.8%
Shareholder yield 0.8% 0.2% 7.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.2% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.3% – –

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.

ConsensusNVTAEISAPTV
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 22.3xFY2026 8.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.99FY2026 $10.74FY2026 $5.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +49.0%FY2026 +67.6%FY2026 -17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +29.3% +37.5% +13.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.73BFY2026 $2.55BFY2026 $13.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +47.2%FY2026 +41.5%FY2026 -36.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.6% +25.2% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNVTAEISAPTV
Held by institutions 90.7% 100.0% 98.6%
Institutions holding 971 679 660
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% -2.0% +9.2%
Institutions buying 555 388 331
Institutions selling 289 219 260
Buyers to sellers 1.92 1.77 1.27

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.

NVTAEISAPTV
NVT 1.00 0.72 0.19
AEIS 0.72 1.00 0.19
APTV 0.19 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NVT, AEIS and APTV?

nVent Electric (NVT) is the largest by market capitalisation: nVent Electric (NVT) $21.34B, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) $8.69B, Aptiv (APTV) $9.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, NVT, AEIS and APTV?

nVent Electric (NVT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (nVent Electric (NVT) 35.7x, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 39.6x, Aptiv (APTV) 42.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (nVent Electric (NVT) 27.7x, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 22.3x, Aptiv (APTV) 8.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

nVent Electric (NVT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: nVent Electric (NVT) +46.2%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +24.6%, Aptiv (APTV) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

nVent Electric (NVT) has the highest net margin (nVent Electric (NVT) 12.4%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.8%, Aptiv (APTV) 1.2%). On return on invested capital, nVent Electric (NVT) leads (nVent Electric (NVT) 11.9%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 10.3%, Aptiv (APTV) 2.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year nVent Electric (NVT) returned the most: nVent Electric (NVT) +29.9%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +15.2%, Aptiv (APTV) -48.2%. Over five years, nVent Electric (NVT) compounded fastest (nVent Electric (NVT) +31.3%/yr, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) +21.2%/yr, Aptiv (APTV) -23.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: nVent Electric (NVT) 0.01%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 0.00%, Aptiv (APTV) 0.00%. Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) and Aptiv (APTV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aptiv (APTV) has been the steadiest (nVent Electric (NVT) 50.3%, Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) 65.2%, Aptiv (APTV) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NVT, AEIS and APTV?

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