Nextpower vs Sensata Technologies
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The short version
- Sensata Technologies is the larger business, with $3.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.6B for Nextpower.
- Nextpower grew revenue faster (20.3%, against −5.8%).
- Nextpower kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (19.6% operating margin, against 6.4%).
- Nextpower turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.4% FCF margin, against 13.2%).
- Nextpower earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (54.5%, against 2.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Sensata Technologies’s earnings: a P/E of 67.3x against 20.4x for Nextpower.
| Latest fiscal year | NXT · FY26 | ST · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $12.2B | $5.9B |
| Revenue | $3.6B | $3.7B |
| Free cash flow | $514M | $490M |
| Net income | $586M | $31.3M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 20.3% | −5.8% |
| 5-year growth | — | 4.0% |
| Share count change | 2.3% | −2.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 29.3% |
| Operating margin | 19.6% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 0.8% |
| FCF margin | 14.4% | 13.2% |
| Return on capital | 54.5% | 2.2% |
| Return on equity | 29.6% | 1.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$1.1B | $2.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.5x | 4.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.4M | $191M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 20.4x | 67.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 6 |
Revenue
FY17
NXT —
ST $3.3B
FY18
NXT —
ST $3.5B
FY19
NXT —
ST $3.5B
FY20
NXT —
ST $3.0B
FY21
NXT —
ST $3.8B
FY22
NXT —
ST $4.0B
FY23
NXT $1.9B
ST $4.1B
FY24
NXT $2.5B
ST $3.9B
FY25
NXT $3.0B
ST $3.7B
FY26
NXT $3.6B
ST —
NXT
ST
Operating margin
FY17
NXT —
ST 16.8%
FY18
NXT —
ST 20.2%
FY19
NXT —
ST 16.1%
FY20
NXT —
ST 11.1%
FY21
NXT —
ST 16.6%
FY22
NXT —
ST 16.6%
FY23
NXT 8.9%
ST 4.5%
FY24
NXT 23.5%
ST 3.8%
FY25
NXT 21.6%
ST 6.4%
FY26
NXT 19.6%
ST —
NXT
ST
Free cash flow
FY17
NXT —
ST $413M
FY18
NXT —
ST $461M
FY19
NXT —
ST $458M
FY20
NXT —
ST $453M
FY21
NXT —
ST $410M
FY22
NXT —
ST $311M
FY23
NXT $104M
ST $272M
FY24
NXT $423M
ST $393M
FY25
NXT $622M
ST $490M
FY26
NXT $514M
ST —
NXT
ST
Return on capital
FY17
NXT —
ST 11.5%
FY18
NXT —
ST 14.3%
FY19
NXT —
ST 7.9%
FY20
NXT —
ST 6.8%
FY21
NXT —
ST 10.6%
FY22
NXT —
ST 8.9%
FY23
NXT —
ST 1.5%
FY24
NXT —
ST 2.1%
FY25
NXT 66.8%
ST 2.2%
FY26
NXT 54.5%
ST —
NXT
ST
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.