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EnerSys vs Woodward

ENS and WWD side by side, both in electronic and other electrical equipment and components, except computer equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How ENS and WWD compare

Woodward is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as EnerSys ($18.0B against $5.8B).

On earnings, EnerSys is cheaper: it trades at 17.1× trailing earnings, against 33.9× for Woodward.

Woodward grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (22.3% versus 3.7% for EnerSys).

Woodward keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.2% compared with 9.3% at EnerSys.

Both pay dividends: EnerSys yields 0.67% and Woodward 0.41%.

EnerSys scores higher on the StockData Score (22 against 15 for Woodward), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricENSWWD
Size and price
Market cap$5.8B$18.0B
Share price$159.95$304.65
Change, 1 year28.1%13.9%
Change, 5 years87.1%153%
Beta (5Y)1.171.07
Employees9,6827,100
StockData Score
Total score22 (better)15
Valuation score5 (better)1
Growth score35 (better)
Performance score5 (better)4
Health score5 (better)3
Dividend score4 (better)2
Valuation
P/E17.1× (better)33.9×
P/S1.5× (better)4.3×
P/B2.9× (better)7.3×
EV/EBITDA10.3× (better)22.0×
P/FCF8.0× (better)47.8×
PEG0.78 (better)0.88
FCF yield12.4% (better)2.1%
Fair value$215.21$292.93
Margin of safety25.7% (better)−4.0%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)3.7%22.3% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average4.7%7.4% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)0.42%42.4% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)6.6%42.2% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average18.3% (better)14.0%
Profitability
Gross margin30.5% (better)29.5%
Operating margin13.0%–
Net margin9.3%13.2% (better)
FCF margin18.9% (better)9.0%
Return on equity18.4%22.3% (better)
Return on invested capital15.7%–
Financial health
Debt / equity0.53 (better)0.54
Net debt / EBITDA0.84 (better)1.01
Interest coverage9.9×–
Current ratio2.80 (better)1.65
Altman Z-score4.546.05 (better)
Piotroski F-score58 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.67% (better)0.41%
Payout ratio10.9%–
Years of dividend growth34 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average8.0%12.5% (better)
Buyback yield4.7% (better)3.3%
Shareholder yield5.4% (better)3.8%
Ownership
Held by institutions102%91.3%
Held by insiders1.6%0.44%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$990K (better)−$32.2M
Superinvestors holding–2
Short interest, % of float8.1%1.8%

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