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nVent Electric

NVT
58
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
$151.98
-2.32 (-1.50%)
Market Cap
$24.58B
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

3.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 169.7M (2021) → 164.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

nVent Electric makes products that protect electrical equipment and manage heat in industrial settings. Its main products include enclosures (metal boxes that house electrical components), thermal management systems, and electrical connections used in factories, data centers, energy infrastructure, and commercial buildings. The company was spun off from Pentair in 2018 and is now a standalone industrial electrical solutions provider.

nVent earns revenue by selling hardware and engineered solutions directly to industrial customers, contractors, and distributors across North America, Europe, and other global markets. With a market cap around $28 billion and a gross margin near 37%, the company benefits from a broad product portfolio and long-standing customer relationships that make switching suppliers costly and inconvenient. The key growth driver is rising demand for data center infrastructure, as the global buildout of AI computing facilities requires more enclosures and thermal management products — though an economic slowdown in industrial spending remains the primary risk to near-term revenue growth.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+52.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+95.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$79M/ year

Rising (+19% vs prior year)

2.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$256M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

nVent Electric grew revenue 53% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
37.9%
Modest — 37.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
20.4%
Excellent — 20.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.2%
Strong — 15.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+46.2%
Fast-growing sales (+46.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+3.8%
Modest earnings growth (+3.8% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
117%
Turns 117% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
12.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.37
Conservative — low debt load (0.37)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.11x
Comfortably covers interest (11.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
41.2x
Pricey — P/E 41.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+19.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (41.2 → 21.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.54%
Small dividend — 0.54% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+5.1%
Dividend growing modestly (5.1% YoY)

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