SCTH vs HII vs NRG Stock Comparison

Securetech Innovations, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Nrg Energy Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NRG Nrg Energy, Inc.
$96.24 +1.1% 1M -44.8% 1Y
Market cap
$17.42B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.13B
Div. yield
0.03%
Independent Power Producers Utilities
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Nrg Energy leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Nrg Energy 6, Huntington Ingalls Industries 5, Securetech Innovations 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSCTHHIINRGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $248.86M $12.04B $17.42B NRG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 16.4x 22.3x HII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 16.5x 11.3x NRG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +12.6% +12.8% NRG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.4% 2.4% HII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.7% 5.8% HII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.1x 6.2x HII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.03% NRG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +264.5% -0.1% -44.8% SCTH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +10.6%/yr +22.1%/yr NRG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 146.9% 39.9% 49.8% HII
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 63/100 NRG

Percentile Scorecard

SCTHHIINRG

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

AxisSCTHHIINRG
Valuation – 86 #15 of 101 61 #10 of 24
Growth – 35 #64 of 98 82 #5 of 23
Profitability – 65 #35 of 97 68 #8 of 23
Financial Health – 35 #70 of 107 17 #20 of 24
Shareholder Returns – 50 #33 of 65 89 #3 of 19
Overall – 54 63
  • SCTH ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation
  • HII ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • NRG ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSCTHHIINRGSPY
1 month -20.0%+18.1%+1.1% -2.0%
3 months -27.3%-1.8%-17.8% -2.2%
6 months +175.9%-2.7%-38.9% +4.2%
Year to date +220.0%-6.7%-39.6% +10.6%
1 year +264.5%-0.1%-44.8% +10.4%
3 years +3,037.3%+35.6%+113.9% +73.6%
3 years, per year +215.6%+10.7%+28.9% +20.2%
5 years —+65.8%+170.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year —+10.6%+22.1% +10.1%
10 years —+113.3%+850.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+7.9%+25.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSCTHHIINRGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 146.9%39.9%49.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 208.3%37.8%55.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.250.731.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.800.00-0.90 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-46.1%-49.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.9%-30.1%-47.7% -3.2%
52-week high $23.49$453.73$184.03 $779.14
52-week low $2.50$257.01$92.32 $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.

MultipleSCTHHIINRG
P/E now vs peer median — 17.1xmedian 26.8x 26.0xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 15.8x 0.9xmedian 2.9x 0.6xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median — 13.5xmedian 14.7x 11.5xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.5x 38.2xmedian 29.2x 58.2xmedian 13.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 0.9x 2.3xmedian 2.6x 4.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median — 1.45median 0.93 0.76median 0.76

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 monthsSCTHHIINRG
Revenue – $13.53B $33.13B
Gross profit – $5.59B $6.23B
Operating income – $783.00M $2.02B
Net income – $733.00M $849.00M
Free cash flow – $327.00M $348.00M
EPS (diluted) – $18.51 $3.69
Cash & equivalents – $387.00M $162.00M
Total debt $199.56K $2.70B $23.44B
Shares (diluted) 17.09M 39.60M 212.00M
Enterprise value $248.86M $10.65B $11.64B

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
MetricSCTHHIINRG
P/E – 17.1x 26.0x
P/FCF – 38.2x 58.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 16.7x 13.0x
P/S – 0.9x 0.6x
P/B – 2.3x 4.2x
P/Tangible book – 2.6x 7.5x
EV/EBITDA – 13.5x 11.5x
EV/EBIT – 18.9x 21.6x
EV/Revenue – 1.1x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 45.3x 125.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.8x 28.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.45 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSCTHHIINRG
Revenue growth (1Y) – 12.6% 12.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.9% 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.0% 22.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.4% 348.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 31.6% 57.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% 43.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 28.8% 62.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 11.4% 34.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 28.2% 58.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 11.8% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -20.1% -32.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -9.5% 33.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -41.1% -75.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -23.8% 27.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSCTHHIINRG
Gross margin – 41.3% 18.8%
EBITDA margin – 8.1% 11.4%
Operating margin – 5.8% 6.1%
Pretax margin – 6.8% 3.2%
Net margin – 5.4% 2.4%
FCF margin – 2.4% 1.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 5.5% 4.7%
Return on equity – 13.6% 17.5%
Return on assets – 5.7% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 7.7% 5.8%
Return on capital employed – 7.8% 6.7%
Asset turnover – 1.1x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.4% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSCTHHIINRG
Debt / assets – 20.8% 58.7%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 4.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.1x 6.2x
Debt / FCF – 8.3x 67.3x
Liabilities / assets – 57.7% 87.8%
Equity / assets – 42.3% 12.2%
Interest coverage – 7.8x 2.0x
Current ratio – 1.3x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.3x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.95 1.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSCTHHIINRG
Dividend yield – 1.7% 2.0%
Net buyback yield – – 8.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.7% 10.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.6% 51.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 66.4% 126.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.8% 7.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.9% 9.1%

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.

ConsensusSCTHHIINRG
Forward P/E – 16.5xFY2026 11.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $19.23FY2026 $8.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +25.0%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +16.1% +28.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $13.12BFY2026 $36.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +5.2%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +1.3% -0.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSCTHHIINRG
Held by institutions – 88.5% 93.7%
Institutions holding – 808 1,025
Change in shares held, QoQ – -1.2% +0.7%
Institutions buying – 354 509
Institutions selling – 301 386
Buyers to sellers – 1.18 1.32

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.

SCTHHIINRG
SCTH 1.00 -0.10 0.03
HII -0.10 1.00 0.24
NRG 0.03 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SCTH, HII and NRG?

Nrg Energy (NRG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) $248.86M, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $12.04B, Nrg Energy (NRG) $17.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, SCTH, HII and NRG?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 16.4x, Nrg Energy (NRG) 22.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nrg Energy (NRG) is cheapest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 16.5x, Nrg Energy (NRG) 11.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nrg Energy (NRG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +12.6%, Nrg Energy (NRG) +12.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has the highest net margin (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.4%, Nrg Energy (NRG) 2.4%). On return on invested capital, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) leads (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 7.7%, Nrg Energy (NRG) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Securetech Innovations (SCTH) returned the most: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) +264.5%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -0.1%, Nrg Energy (NRG) -44.8%. Over five years, Nrg Energy (NRG) compounded fastest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +10.6%/yr, Nrg Energy (NRG) +22.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nrg Energy (NRG) has the highest dividend yield: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) 0.00%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 0.02%, Nrg Energy (NRG) 0.03%. Securetech Innovations (SCTH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been the steadiest (Securetech Innovations (SCTH) 146.9%, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 39.9%, Nrg Energy (NRG) 49.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SCTH, HII and NRG?

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