Teledyne Technologies vs Vontier
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I put Teledyne Technologies and Vontier side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Teledyne Technologies is the larger business, with $6.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.1B for Vontier, about 2.0 times as much.
- Teledyne Technologies grew revenue faster (7.9%, against 3.2%).
- Teledyne Technologies kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.8% operating margin, against 18.3%).
- Teledyne Technologies turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.6% FCF margin, against 14.3%).
- Vontier earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (15.8%, against 7.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Teledyne Technologies’s earnings: a P/E of 28.6x against 14.2x for Vontier.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Teledyne Technologies
TDY
7/10
Revenue growth5-year growthOperating marginNet marginFCF marginPiotroski F-scoreNet debt / EBITDA
Vontier
VNT
3/10
Return on capitalReturn on equityShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | TDY FY25 | VNT FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $29.3B | $4.8B |
| Revenue | $6.1B | $3.1B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $441M |
| Net income | $895M | $406M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 7.9% | 3.2% |
| 5-year growth | 14.7% | 2.6% |
| Share count change | −0.4% | −4.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 18.3% |
| Net margin | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| FCF margin | 17.6% | 14.3% |
| Return on capital | 7.8% | 15.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.9% | 35.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.1B | $1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4x | 2.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $403M | $315M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 28.6x | 14.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
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.