TER vs KEYS vs EMR Stock Comparison

Teradyne, Keysight Technologies and Emerson Electric Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TER Teradyne, Inc
$296.23 -26.5% 1M +70.3% 1Y
Market cap
$41.88B
P/E
54.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.00B
Div. yield
–
Test and Measurement Technology
2 wins
EMR Emerson Electric Co
$170.76 +8.6% 1M +25.2% 1Y
Market cap
$92.26B
P/E
35.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.64B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Keysight Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Keysight Technologies 5, Emerson Electric 4, Teradyne 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTERKEYSEMRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $41.88B $52.37B $92.26B EMR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 54.2x 41.6x 35.8x EMR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 30.8x 25.3x EMR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +74.9% +25.5% +4.8% TER
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 19.1% 13.8% KEYS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.4% 10.9% KEYS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x 1.8x KEYS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +70.3% +93.5% +25.2% KEYS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.5%/yr +12.9%/yr +12.0%/yr TER
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 76.7% 45.3% 31.8% EMR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 64/100 45/100 KEYS

Percentile Scorecard

TERKEYSEMR

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

AxisTERKEYSEMR
Valuation 18 #92 of 112 26 #83 of 112 33 #136 of 203
Growth 95 #6 of 108 66 #37 of 108 41 #112 of 188
Profitability 87 #14 of 104 89 #12 of 104 87 #24 of 183
Financial Health 64 #42 of 116 53 #55 of 116 30 #152 of 216
Shareholder Returns 35 #51 of 78 84 #13 of 78 35 #99 of 152
Overall 60 64 45
  • TER ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • KEYS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • EMR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTERKEYSEMRSPY
1 month -26.5%-8.5%+8.6% +0.7%
3 months -18.9%+5.5%+14.9% +3.7%
6 months -13.8%-5.7%+21.6% +7.1%
Year to date +53.0%+62.3%+28.7% +12.8%
1 year +70.3%+93.5%+25.2% +11.9%
3 years +254.9%+175.5%+93.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year +52.6%+40.2%+24.5% +22.8%
5 years +114.3%+83.2%+76.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year +16.5%+12.9%+12.0% +10.9%
10 years +1,183.5%+905.3%+240.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +29.1%+26.0%+13.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureTERKEYSEMRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 76.7%45.3%31.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 85.4%43.7%33.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.391.941.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.922.070.79 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -59.7%-42.6%-29.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.8%-15.0%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $483.84$387.90$170.76 $779.14
52-week low $155.90$169.67$123.30 $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.

MultipleTERKEYSEMR
P/E now vs peer median 54.2xmedian 32.9x 44.8xmedian 32.9x 37.0xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 9.3xmedian 2.9x 8.5xmedian 2.9x 5.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 20.0x 32.5xmedian 20.0x 17.2xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 80.9xmedian 30.2x 38.2xmedian 30.2x 27.5xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 2.9x 8.5xmedian 2.9x 4.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.08 9.17median 1.08 -0.89median 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 monthsTERKEYSEMR
Revenue $5.00B $6.58B $18.64B
Gross profit $2.97B $4.26B $9.91B
Operating income $1.61B $1.33B $4.68B
Net income $1.38B $1.26B $2.58B
Free cash flow – $1.47B $3.46B
R&D $598.20M $1.19B –
EPS (diluted) – $7.28 $4.59
Cash & equivalents $460.74M $2.61B $2.18B
Total debt – $2.52B $13.11B
Shares (diluted) 157.69M 173.00M 561.10M
Enterprise value $41.88B $43.30B $84.99B

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
MetricTERKEYSEMR
P/E 54.2x 44.8x 37.0x
P/FCF 80.9x 38.2x 27.5x
P/Operating cash flow 34.8x 35.0x 24.3x
P/S 9.3x 8.5x 5.1x
P/B 12.6x 8.5x 4.7x
P/Tangible book 12.9x 10.3x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA – 32.5x 17.2x
EV/EBIT – 42.1x 22.7x
EV/Revenue 9.3x 8.5x 5.7x
EV/FCF – 38.2x 30.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.8x 35.0x 27.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 9.17 -0.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTERKEYSEMR
Revenue growth (1Y) 74.9% 25.5% 4.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.2% 5.6% 7.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 76.1% 30.2% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 23.4% 5.8% 11.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 214.6% 49.9% 9.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 43.5% -2.1% 13.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 211.2% 131.6% -3.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 39.9% 3.7% -42.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 131.6% -2.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.9% -41.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 96.9% 4.0% 4.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.8% 4.0% 10.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 3.8% 4.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% 9.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTERKEYSEMR
Gross margin – 64.7% 53.2%
EBITDA margin – 26.2% 33.1%
Operating margin – 20.3% 25.1%
Pretax margin – 21.5% 17.6%
Net margin – 19.1% 13.8%
FCF margin – 22.3% 18.6%
Operating cash flow margin 26.6% 24.4% 21.0%
Return on equity 38.7% 19.8% 12.7%
Return on assets 26.7% 10.8% 6.1%
Return on invested capital – 13.4% 10.9%
Return on capital employed – 14.5% 14.9%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.3x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6% 3.3% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTERKEYSEMR
Debt / assets – 21.1% 31.1%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x 1.8x
Debt / FCF – 1.7x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 31.4% 44.9% 51.7%
Equity / assets 67.7% 55.1% 48.3%
Interest coverage – 12.3x –
Current ratio 2.1x 2.0x 0.9x
Quick ratio – 1.4x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 1.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 8.44 4.77

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTERKEYSEMR
Dividend yield 0.2% – 1.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 0.2% 2.1% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 47.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 35.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 0.7%

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.

ConsensusTERKEYSEMR
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 30.8xFY2026 25.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.65FY2026 $10.71FY2026 $6.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +143.7%FY2026 +49.6%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.7% +20.4% +15.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.01BFY2026 $6.71BFY2026 $18.13BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +57.1%FY2026 +24.8%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.9% +18.9% +15.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTERKEYSEMR
Held by institutions 97.3% 89.8% 82.1%
Institutions holding 1,420 1,248 2,292
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.2% +1.2% +0.9%
Institutions buying 829 675 1,081
Institutions selling 456 381 799
Buyers to sellers 1.82 1.77 1.35

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.

TERKEYSEMR
TER 1.00 0.70 0.52
KEYS 0.70 1.00 0.50
EMR 0.52 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TER, KEYS and EMR?

Emerson Electric (EMR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Teradyne (TER) $41.88B, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) $52.37B, Emerson Electric (EMR) $92.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, TER, KEYS and EMR?

Emerson Electric (EMR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Teradyne (TER) 54.2x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 41.6x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 35.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Emerson Electric (EMR) is cheapest (Teradyne (TER) 30.7x, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 30.8x, Emerson Electric (EMR) 25.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Teradyne (TER) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Teradyne (TER) +74.9%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +25.5%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +4.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) has the highest net margin (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 19.1%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 13.8%). On return on invested capital, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) leads (Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 13.4%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 10.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Keysight Technologies (KEYS) returned the most: Teradyne (TER) +70.3%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +93.5%, Emerson Electric (EMR) +25.2%. Over five years, Teradyne (TER) compounded fastest (Teradyne (TER) +16.5%/yr, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) +12.9%/yr, Emerson Electric (EMR) +12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Teradyne (TER) 0.00%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 0.00%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 0.01%. Teradyne (TER) and Keysight Technologies (KEYS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Emerson Electric (EMR) has been the steadiest (Teradyne (TER) 76.7%, Keysight Technologies (KEYS) 45.3%, Emerson Electric (EMR) 31.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TER, KEYS and EMR?

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