nVent Electric vs Regal Rexnord
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I put nVent Electric and Regal Rexnord side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Regal Rexnord is the larger business, with $5.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.9B for nVent Electric, about 1.5 times as much.
- nVent Electric grew revenue faster (29.5%, against −1.7%).
- nVent Electric kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (15.8% operating margin, against 11.5%).
- Regal Rexnord turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.1% FCF margin, against 9.6%).
- nVent Electric earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (9.3%, against 4.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of nVent Electric’s earnings: a P/E of 35.4x against 31.0x for Regal Rexnord.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
nVent Electric
NVT
8/11
Revenue growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Regal Rexnord
RRX
3/11
5-year growthFCF marginPiotroski F-score
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | NVT FY25 | RRX FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.2B | $10.1B |
| Revenue | $3.9B | $5.9B |
| Free cash flow | $372M | $893M |
| Net income | $710M | $280M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 29.5% | −1.7% |
| 5-year growth | 14.3% | 15.3% |
| Share count change | −2.1% | −0.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 37.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 18.2% | 4.7% |
| FCF margin | 9.6% | 15.1% |
| Return on capital | 9.3% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 20.4% | 4.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.3B | $4.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | 3.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $384M | $93.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 35.4x | 31.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 |
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.