ITT vs Nordson
ITT and NDSN side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ITT and NDSN compare
ITT and Nordson are about the same size, with market caps of $17.7B and $18.0B.
On earnings, Nordson is cheaper: it trades at 32.6× trailing earnings, against 38.9× for ITT.
ITT grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (28.1% versus 7.0% for Nordson).
Nordson keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.6% compared with 8.9% at ITT.
Both pay dividends: ITT yields 0.76% and Nordson 1.1%.
Nordson scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 12 for ITT), 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.
| Metric | ITT | NDSN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $17.7B | $18.0B |
| Share price | $198.50 | $322.67 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.6% | 38.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 90.8% | 23.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.32 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 12K | 8,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 38.9× | 32.6× (better) |
| P/S | 3.7× (better) | 6.0× |
| P/B | 3.7× (better) | 5.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.2× | 22.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 34.8× | 24.8× (better) |
| PEG | 3.32 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 4.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $127.50 | $247.33 |
| Margin of safety | −55.7% | −30.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 28.1% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.7% (better) | 5.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −18.6% | 22.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −19.9% | 24.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 49.1% (better) | 14.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 55.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 26.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 18.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.8% | 24.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.5% | 17.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 13.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | 0.53 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.49 | 1.84 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 6.8× | 8.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.82 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.80 | 6.24 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.76% | 1.1% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 29.5% | 33.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 15.7% (better) | 15.6% |
| Buyback yield | 0.70% | 1.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.5% | 2.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.7% | 76.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.60% | 0.55% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$12.8M (better) | −$25.6M |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.6% | 2.6% |
Go deeper
- ITT stock overview
- ITT income statement
- ITT valuation and score
- NDSN stock overview
- NDSN income statement
- NDSN valuation and score
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