nVent Electric vs Nextpower
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I put nVent Electric and Nextpower side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- nVent Electric is the larger business, with $3.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.6B for Nextpower.
- nVent Electric grew revenue faster (29.5%, against 20.3%).
- Nextpower kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (19.6% operating margin, against 15.8%).
- Nextpower turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.4% FCF margin, against 9.6%).
- Nextpower earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (54.5%, against 9.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of nVent Electric’s earnings: a P/E of 35.4x against 19.8x for Nextpower.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
nVent Electric
NVT
5/10
Revenue growthGross marginNet marginPiotroski F-scoreShare count change
Nextpower
NXT
5/10
Operating marginFCF marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityNet debt / EBITDA
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | NVT FY25 | NXT FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.2B | $11.9B |
| Revenue | $3.9B | $3.6B |
| Free cash flow | $372M | $514M |
| Net income | $710M | $586M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 29.5% | 20.3% |
| 5-year growth | 14.3% | — |
| Share count change | −2.1% | 2.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 32.6% |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 18.2% | 16.5% |
| FCF margin | 9.6% | 14.4% |
| Return on capital | 9.3% | 54.5% |
| Return on equity | 20.4% | 29.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.3B | −$1.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | −1.5x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $384M | $0.4M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 35.4x | 19.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 3 |
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.