Pentair
PNR · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$55.30
0.3%Valmont Industries
VMI · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
$435.01
0.2%The short version
- Pentair is the larger business, with $4.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.1B for Valmont Industries.
- Pentair grew revenue faster (2.3%, against 0.7%).
- Pentair kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.5% operating margin, against 10.1% operating margin).
- Pentair turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.9% FCF margin, against 7.6% FCF margin).
- Valmont Industries earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (17.9%, against 14.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Valmont Industries’s earnings: a P/E of 17.0x against 13.5x for Pentair.
| Latest fiscal year | PNR · FY25 | VMI · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $9.1B | $8.5B |
| Revenue | $4.2B | $4.1B |
| Free cash flow | $746M | $311M |
| Net income | $654M | $350M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 2.3% | 0.7% |
| 5-year growth | 6.7% | 7.2% |
| Share count change | −1.0% | −1.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 30.2% |
| Operating margin | 20.5% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 8.5% |
| FCF margin | 17.9% | 7.6% |
| Return on capital | 14.0% | 17.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 22.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.5B | $609M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | 1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $389M | $251M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 13.5x | 17.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 | 7 |
FY16
PNR $2.8B
VMI $2.5B
FY17
PNR $2.8B
VMI $2.7B
FY18
PNR $3.0B
VMI $2.8B
FY19
PNR $3.0B
VMI $2.8B
FY20
PNR $3.0B
VMI $2.9B
FY21
PNR $3.8B
VMI $3.5B
FY22
PNR $4.1B
VMI $4.3B
FY23
PNR $4.1B
VMI $4.2B
FY24
PNR $4.1B
VMI $4.1B
FY25
PNR $4.2B
VMI $4.1B
PNR
VMI
FY16
PNR 12.8%
VMI 9.7%
FY17
PNR 13.3%
VMI 9.7%
FY18
PNR 14.7%
VMI 7.7%
FY19
PNR 14.6%
VMI 8.2%
FY20
PNR 15.3%
VMI 7.8%
FY21
PNR 16.9%
VMI 8.2%
FY22
PNR 14.4%
VMI 10.0%
FY23
PNR 18.0%
VMI 7.0%
FY24
PNR 19.7%
VMI 12.9%
FY25
PNR 20.5%
VMI 10.1%
PNR
VMI
FY16
PNR $818M
VMI $175M
FY17
PNR $581M
VMI $77.9M
FY18
PNR $391M
VMI $81.0M
FY19
PNR $295M
VMI $210M
FY20
PNR $511M
VMI $210M
FY21
PNR $553M
VMI −$41.9M
FY22
PNR $278M
VMI $233M
FY23
PNR $543M
VMI $210M
FY24
PNR $692M
VMI $493M
FY25
PNR $746M
VMI $311M
PNR
VMI
FY16
PNR —
VMI 14.6%
FY17
PNR —
VMI 10.3%
FY18
PNR 8.2%
VMI 9.8%
FY19
PNR 13.6%
VMI 10.8%
FY20
PNR 13.0%
VMI 10.7%
FY21
PNR 18.6%
VMI 11.8%
FY22
PNR 12.8%
VMI 13.5%
FY23
PNR 14.9%
VMI 7.9%
FY24
PNR 13.8%
VMI 18.0%
FY25
PNR 14.0%
VMI 17.9%
PNR
VMI
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