Legrand (LGRVF) vs. Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Legrand and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legrand	$9.11 billion	$1.24 billion	34.94
Legrand Competitors	$2.35 billion	$133.21 million	28.14

Legrand has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Legrand is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.1% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Legrand has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legrand’s peers have a beta of -19.63, indicating that their average share price is 2,063% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Legrand and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legrand	12.53%	15.15%	6.88%
Legrand Competitors	-205.63%	-198.28%	-8.73%

Summary

Legrand beats its peers on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

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.