Sensata Technologies vs Vicor
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The short version
- Sensata Technologies is the larger business, with $3.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $453M for Vicor, about 8.2 times as much.
- Vicor grew revenue faster (26.1%, against −5.8%).
- Vicor kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.1% operating margin, against 6.4%).
- Vicor turned more of its sales into free cash flow (26.3% FCF margin, against 13.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Sensata Technologies’s earnings: a P/E of 67.3x against 58.7x for Vicor.
| Latest fiscal year | ST · FY25 | VICR · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $5.9B | $8.3B |
| Revenue | $3.7B | $453M |
| Free cash flow | $490M | $119M |
| Net income | $31.3M | $119M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.8% | 26.1% |
| 5-year growth | 4.0% | 8.8% |
| Share count change | −2.4% | 0.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 57.3% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 26.2% |
| FCF margin | 13.2% | 26.3% |
| Return on capital | 2.2% | — |
| Return on equity | 1.1% | 18.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.3B | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.7x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $191M | $35.2M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 67.3x | 58.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | — |
Revenue
FY16
ST $3.2B
VICR $200M
FY17
ST $3.3B
VICR $228M
FY18
ST $3.5B
VICR $291M
FY19
ST $3.5B
VICR $263M
FY20
ST $3.0B
VICR $297M
FY21
ST $3.8B
VICR $359M
FY22
ST $4.0B
VICR $399M
FY23
ST $4.1B
VICR $405M
FY24
ST $3.9B
VICR $359M
FY25
ST $3.7B
VICR $453M
ST
VICR
Operating margin
FY16
ST 15.4%
VICR −3.2%
FY17
ST 16.8%
VICR −0.6%
FY18
ST 20.2%
VICR 11.0%
FY19
ST 16.1%
VICR 5.3%
FY20
ST 11.1%
VICR 5.9%
FY21
ST 16.6%
VICR 15.5%
FY22
ST 16.6%
VICR 6.8%
FY23
ST 4.5%
VICR 12.7%
FY24
ST 3.8%
VICR −0.4%
FY25
ST 6.4%
VICR 18.1%
ST
VICR
Free cash flow
FY16
ST $391M
VICR −$7.9M
FY17
ST $413M
VICR −$15.0M
FY18
ST $461M
VICR $18.0M
FY19
ST $458M
VICR $9.7M
FY20
ST $453M
VICR $6.1M
FY21
ST $410M
VICR $6.7M
FY22
ST $311M
VICR −$41.0M
FY23
ST $272M
VICR $41.1M
FY24
ST $393M
VICR $27.2M
FY25
ST $490M
VICR $119M
ST
VICR
Return on capital
FY16
ST 8.3%
VICR —
FY17
ST 11.5%
VICR —
FY18
ST 14.3%
VICR —
FY19
ST 7.9%
VICR —
FY20
ST 6.8%
VICR —
FY21
ST 10.6%
VICR —
FY22
ST 8.9%
VICR —
FY23
ST 1.5%
VICR —
FY24
ST 2.1%
VICR —
FY25
ST 2.2%
VICR —
ST
VICR
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.