Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	NDSNNordson Corporation	IEXIDEX Corporation	FTVFortive
Snapshot
Price	$295.06	$225.36	$61.67
Market cap	$16.49B	$16.65B	$18.61B
Valuation
P/E	31.5x	32.7x	34.2x
Forward P/E	26.1x	30.5x	46.5x
Growth
Revenue growth	7.4%	7.5%	-23.4%
EPS growth	20.6%	7.3%	-26.4%
Profitability
Net margin	18.2%	14.4%	11.5%
ROE	17.1%	12.6%	7.4%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	0.66x	0.45x	0.5x
Free cash flow yield	3.6%	4.5%	5.9%
Dividend yield	1.1%	1.3%	0.4%
Verdict
Investment rating	Neutral· 57	Neutral· 51	Weak· 36

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	NDSNtoday $295	IEXtoday $225	FTVtoday $62
2027	$266.82 – $391.33+33% CAGR	$181.36 – $265.99+18% CAGR	$47.18 – $69.19+12% CAGR
2028	$321.70 – $471.83+26% CAGR	$194.60 – $285.41+13% CAGR	$48.12 – $70.58+7% CAGR
2029	$387.87 – $568.88+24% CAGR	$208.80 – $306.24+11% CAGR	$49.08 – $71.99+5% CAGR
2030	$467.66 – $685.90+23% CAGR	$224.05 – $328.60+10% CAGR	$50.07 – $73.43+4% CAGR
2031	$563.86 – $826.99+23% CAGR	$240.40 – $352.59+9% CAGR	$51.07 – $74.90+4% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	13.8% – 22.9%	1.3% – 9.4%	-3.7% – 4.0%