Legrand (OTCMKTS:LGRVF – Get Free Report) and Powell Industries (NASDAQ:POWL – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Legrand and Powell Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Legrand | $9.11 billion | 4.68 | $1.24 billion | $4.30 | 37.21 |
| Powell Industries | $1.16 billion | 5.70 | $180.75 million | $5.21 | 34.77 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Legrand and Powell Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Legrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Powell Industries | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.86 |
Powell Industries has a consensus target price of $215.42, indicating a potential upside of 18.90%. Given Powell Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Powell Industries is more favorable than Legrand.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
89.8% of Powell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Powell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Legrand and Powell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Legrand | 12.53% | 15.15% | 6.88% |
| Powell Industries | 16.49% | 27.51% | 15.94% |
Risk & Volatility
Legrand has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Powell Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Powell Industries beats Legrand on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Legrand
Legrand SA, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells electrical and digital building infrastructures in Europe, North and Central America, and internationally. The company offers energy distribution, protection, and management solutions, such as electric vehicle charging, residential and small commercial panels, switchboards and power cabinets, and UPS devices; and wiring devices, connected home and building control solutions, and guestroom solutions, as well as back, junction, DCL, and floor boxes. It also provides security, communication, and network solutions, including access security, digital home networks, emergency lighting, fire alarms, IT networks, intercom and door entry, and nurse call systems; conduits and cable management solutions comprising trunking, ducts, tubes, floor boxes, columns and feeders, and workstation solutions; industrial products, such as enclosures, connections, transformers and power supply, marking accessories and cable ties, motor control and protection, fuse protection, and industrial plugs and sockets, as well as control, button, and signaling products; installation accessories, including wiring accessories, extension cords, multi-outlet units, cable ties and fasteners, and connection boxes and terminals; and lighting products and accessories. The company's products are used in hotels, offices, data centers, shopping centers, health care, industrial, and residential buildings. It also exports its products to approximately 170 countries. Legrand SA was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Limoges, France.
About Powell Industries
Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems. The company’s principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, switches, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts. The company also provide field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, spare parts, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. It serves onshore and offshore production, liquefied natural gas facilities and terminals, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical plants, as well as electric utility, light rail traction power, mining and metals, pulp and paper, data centers and other municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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