Johnson Controls vs Trane Technologies
Johnson Controls reported revenue of $23.6 billion in fiscal 2025, about the same as Trane Technologies' $21.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Johnson Controls' revenue grew 2.8% in its latest year, and Trane Technologies' grew 7.5%. Free cash flow was $2.1 billion at Johnson Controls and $2.8 billion at Trane Technologies. Their fiscal years end in different months (September 30 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Johnson Controls | Trane Technologies | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Sep 30, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $23.6B | $21.3B |
| Revenue growth | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 1.1% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 13.7% |
| Free cash flow | $2.1B | $2.8B |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.0% | 13.2% |
| Return on capital | 8.2% | 29.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.0x | 0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $7.0B | $2.3B |
| Change in diluted share count | −3.2% | −1.5% |
| Last close | $147.50 | $455.03 |
| P/E at the last close | 26.7× | 34.4× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $1.0 million, sold $26.2 million | bought $172,176, sold $75.9 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 8 of 8 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Johnson Controls and Trane Technologies pages.