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nVent Electric scores good on business quality (6.6 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What nVent Electric does
nVent Electric makes connection and protection solutions for electrical systems. Utilities, data centers, and industrial builders pay for enclosures, thermal management, and fastening tools that keep critical power infrastructure running safely.
- What it does best
nVent delivers exceptional top-decile revenue growth, sitting in the 95th sector percentile with a 29.5% jump to $4.8B. This scale gives it deep channel access with major electrical distributors that smaller enclosure makers cannot easily match.
- The main risk
Net debt sits at $1.3B against total debt of $1.6B, leaving the balance sheet exposed to higher interest expenses if borrowing costs stay elevated. With interest coverage at 11.1x, debt servicing is manageable but leaves little room for margin error.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin sits at 17.3% with an FCF margin of 12.0%, supported by a gross margin of 37%. Profitability remains middle of the pack for its sector, showing limited scaling leverage on margins.
The moat relies on specialized electrical enclosures and thermal management systems that lock in industrial and data center builders, backed by a gross margin of 37%.
Revenue grew 29.5% to $4.8B, marking a sharp acceleration over its historical annual summary where revenue sat at $3.0B in 2024 and $2.7B in 2023.
Total debt of $1.6B is backed by $238M in cash, while free cash flow reached $578M. Interest coverage of 11.1x keeps debt costs manageable, getting stronger as cash generation scales up.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
3 sold $12.3M outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on NVT
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
nVent Electric scores good on the Cluenex quality check (6.6 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth fast and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 3 sold $12.3M outside pre-planned sales.
Oct 23, 2026.
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