Flex vs Vertiv
FLEX and VRT side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FLEX and VRT compare
Vertiv is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Flex ($79.5B against $29.2B).
On earnings, Flex is cheaper: it trades at 28.5× trailing earnings, against 38.6× for Vertiv.
Vertiv grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (35.3% versus 17.5% for Flex).
Vertiv pays a dividend yielding 0.12%; Flex does not pay one.
Vertiv scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 11 for Flex), 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 | FLEX | VRT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $29.2B | $79.5B |
| Share price | $78.97 | $206.51 |
| Change, 1 year | 24.1% | 9.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 344% | 665% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.58 | 2.17 |
| Employees | 150K | 34K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.5× (better) | 38.6× |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 6.1× |
| P/B | 5.0× (better) | 14.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.0× (better) | 25.8× |
| P/FCF | 37.3× | 25.3× (better) |
| PEG | 2.68 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 4.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $59.80 | $234.92 |
| Margin of safety | −32.1% | 12.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.5% | 35.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.0% | 18.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 103% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 22.6% | 102% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.0% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 38.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 20.1% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 16.0% |
| FCF margin | 2.5% | 24.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 46.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.2% | 42.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 0.53 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.36 (better) | −0.19 |
| Interest coverage | 6.5× | 73.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.39 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.49 | 5.39 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.12% |
| Payout ratio | – | 4.6% |
| Buyback yield | 1.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.4% (better) | 0.12% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.4% | 81.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.77% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$114M (better) | −$127M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.6% | 2.9% |
Go deeper
- FLEX stock overview
- FLEX income statement
- FLEX valuation and score
- VRT stock overview
- VRT income statement
- VRT valuation and score
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