NVT vs POWL vs APH Stock Comparison

nVent Electric, Powell Industries and Amphenol Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NVT nVent Electric plc
$134.59 -18.2% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$21.78B
P/E
36.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.83B
Div. yield
0.62%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins
POWL Powell Industries Inc
$161.36 -14.9% 1M +29.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.88B
P/E
30.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
0.22%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
3 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
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Amphenol leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Amphenol 5, nVent Electric 4, Powell Industries 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNVTPOWLAPHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.78B $5.88B $193.01B APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.4x 30.8x 37.4x POWL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.0x 31.2x 30.0x NVT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +46.2% +7.0% +54.2% APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.4% 16.5% 17.7% APH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.9% — 16.5% APH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.2x — 1.5x NVT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.62% 0.22% 0.65% APH
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.5% +29.4% -42.4% NVT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.4%/yr +79.6%/yr +15.4%/yr POWL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.2% 64.2% 85.5% NVT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 70/100 63/100 POWL

Percentile Scorecard

NVTPOWLAPH

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

AxisNVTPOWLAPH
Valuation 25 #153 of 203 42 #118 of 203 18 #166 of 203
Growth 89 #21 of 188 91 #18 of 188 97 #7 of 188
Profitability 76 #44 of 183 98 #4 of 183 98 #5 of 183
Financial Health 62 #84 of 217 75 #56 of 217 41 #129 of 217
Shareholder Returns 41 #91 of 153 45 #84 of 153 64 #56 of 153
Overall 59 70 63
  • NVT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • POWL 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

PeriodNVTPOWLAPHSPY
1 month -18.2%-14.9%-6.9% -0.2%
3 months -5.0%-19.7%-45.6% +3.9%
6 months -2.7%-36.9%-45.5% +8.2%
Year to date +32.0%+51.9%-42.1% +12.9%
1 year +29.5%+29.4%-42.4% +12.3%
3 years +193.4%+553.1%+97.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +43.2%+87.0%+25.5% +23.3%
5 years +290.7%+1,763.3%+104.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +31.4%+79.6%+15.4% +10.9%
10 years —+1,257.9%+378.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+29.8%+17.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNVTPOWLAPHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.2%64.2%85.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.9%67.8%114.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.242.501.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.590.46-0.50 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.1%-55.9%-58.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.0%-49.9%-55.6% -1.2%
52-week high $184.34$322.05$176.32 $779.14
52-week low $94.99$94.02$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.

MultipleNVTPOWLAPH
P/E now vs peer median 36.4xmedian 25.2x 30.8xmedian 25.2x 37.4xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 1.9x 5.1xmedian 1.9x 6.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 14.0x 22.2xmedian 14.0x 22.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.0xmedian 21.7x 24.1xmedian 21.7x 40.9xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.3x 7.8xmedian 2.3x 12.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.80median 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 monthsNVTPOWLAPH
Revenue $4.83B $1.16B $29.01B
Gross profit $1.79B $348.18M $11.17B
Operating income $826.50M $227.67M $7.84B
Net income $598.30M $190.86M $5.19B
Free cash flow $659.90M $243.96M $4.71B
R&D $89.10M $14.98M –
EPS (diluted) $3.65 $5.21 $1.99
Cash & equivalents $256.00M $633.56M $4.73B
Total debt $1.49B – $18.81B
Shares (diluted) 164.10M 36.60M 2.58B
Enterprise value $20.97B $3.72B $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
MetricNVTPOWLAPH
P/E 36.4x 30.8x 37.4x
P/FCF 33.0x 24.1x 40.9x
P/Operating cash flow 28.2x 23.0x 32.9x
P/S 4.5x 5.1x 6.7x
P/B 5.5x 7.8x 12.4x
P/Tangible book 9.9x 7.8x 18.7x
EV/EBITDA 21.8x 22.2x 22.6x
EV/EBIT 27.9x 23.0x 26.3x
EV/Revenue 4.8x 4.5x 7.1x
EV/FCF 34.9x 21.5x 43.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.8x 20.5x 35.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.80 0.42 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNVTPOWLAPH
Revenue growth (1Y) 46.2% 7.0% 54.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 21.0% 32.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.9% 11.9% 70.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 23.8% 39.2% 40.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 53.9% 8.0% 86.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.0% 74.2% 45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 2.1% 8.8% 61.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 73.1% 39.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 1.8% 8.6% 59.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.3% 72.8% 37.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 33.9% 153.9% 57.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 25.5% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 32.8% 201.1% 67.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 25.0% 34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNVTPOWLAPH
Gross margin 37.0% 30.1% 38.5%
EBITDA margin 21.9% 20.4% 31.5%
Operating margin 17.1% 19.7% 27.0%
Pretax margin 15.7% 21.2% 25.2%
Net margin 12.4% 16.5% 17.7%
FCF margin 13.7% 21.1% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin 16.0% 22.1% 20.2%
Return on equity 15.4% 26.1% 34.9%
Return on assets 8.5% 14.8% 11.9%
Return on invested capital 11.9% – 16.5%
Return on capital employed 13.9% 34.0% 23.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.5% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNVTPOWLAPH
Debt / assets 20.9% – 42.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x – 1.5x
Debt / FCF 2.3x – 4.0x
Liabilities / assets 44.2% 46.2% 65.2%
Equity / assets 55.8% 53.8% 34.8%
Interest coverage – – 12.4x
Current ratio 1.8x 2.0x 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.0x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 5.73 8.05 5.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNVTPOWLAPH
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.2% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 0.2% – 0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.9% 0.2% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 22.2% 6.8% 19.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 20.1% 5.3% 21.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.1% 1.6% 39.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 1.8% 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.

ConsensusNVTPOWLAPH
Forward P/E 27.0xFY2026 31.2xFY2026 30.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.99FY2026 $5.17FY2026 $2.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +49.0%FY2026 +4.4%FY2026 +56.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +29.3% +26.9% +35.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.73BFY2026 $1.24BFY2026 $33.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +47.2%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 +44.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.6% +26.2% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNVTPOWLAPH
Held by institutions 90.7% 75.0% 96.0%
Institutions holding 970 581 2,330
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% -4.3% +2.6%
Institutions buying 555 318 1,360
Institutions selling 288 215 773
Buyers to sellers 1.93 1.48 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.

NVTPOWLAPH
NVT 1.00 0.64 0.27
POWL 0.64 1.00 0.22
APH 0.27 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NVT, POWL and APH?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: nVent Electric (NVT) $21.78B, Powell Industries (POWL) $5.88B, Amphenol (APH) $193.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, NVT, POWL and APH?

Powell Industries (POWL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (nVent Electric (NVT) 36.4x, Powell Industries (POWL) 30.8x, Amphenol (APH) 37.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, nVent Electric (NVT) is cheapest (nVent Electric (NVT) 27.0x, Powell Industries (POWL) 31.2x, 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: nVent Electric (NVT) +46.2%, Powell Industries (POWL) +7.0%, Amphenol (APH) +54.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest net margin (nVent Electric (NVT) 12.4%, Powell Industries (POWL) 16.5%, Amphenol (APH) 17.7%). On return on invested capital, Amphenol (APH) leads (nVent Electric (NVT) 11.9%, Amphenol (APH) 16.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year nVent Electric (NVT) returned the most: nVent Electric (NVT) +29.5%, Powell Industries (POWL) +29.4%, Amphenol (APH) -42.4%. Over five years, Powell Industries (POWL) compounded fastest (nVent Electric (NVT) +31.4%/yr, Powell Industries (POWL) +79.6%/yr, Amphenol (APH) +15.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest dividend yield: nVent Electric (NVT) 0.62%, Powell Industries (POWL) 0.22%, Amphenol (APH) 0.65%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, nVent Electric (NVT) has been the steadiest (nVent Electric (NVT) 50.2%, Powell Industries (POWL) 64.2%, Amphenol (APH) 85.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NVT, POWL 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 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.