Advanced Energy vs Entegris
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I put Advanced Energy and Entegris side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Entegris is the larger business, with $3.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.8B for Advanced Energy, about 1.8 times as much.
- Advanced Energy grew revenue faster (21.4%, against −1.4%).
- Entegris kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (14.3% operating margin, against 9.3%).
- Entegris turned more of its sales into free cash flow (12.4% FCF margin, against 7.0%).
- Advanced Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.6%, against 5.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Entegris’s earnings: a P/E of 70.1x against 40.3x for Advanced Energy.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Advanced Energy
AEIS
4/10
Revenue growthNet marginReturn on capitalReturn on equity
Entegris
ENTG
5/10
5-year growthGross marginOperating marginFCF marginShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | AEIS FY25 | ENTG FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $9.2B | $21.5B |
| Revenue | $1.8B | $3.2B |
| Free cash flow | $126M | $396M |
| Net income | $148M | $236M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 21.4% | −1.4% |
| 5-year growth | 4.9% | 11.5% |
| Share count change | 2.1% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 44.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 7.4% |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | 12.4% |
| Return on capital | 13.6% | 5.8% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 6.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$224M | $3.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.0x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $45.8M | $60.8M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 40.3x | 70.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 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.