Adient (ADNT) vs Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (PLOW)

Adient and Douglas Dynamics, Inc. are both Auto Parts companies. Adient is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $914.3M — 1.4× the size. Douglas Dynamics, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.9× against 29.4×. Douglas Dynamics, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.1% against 4.98%. Douglas Dynamics, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.36% vs 0.32%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.3% vs 7.69%). Both pay a dividend; Douglas Dynamics, Inc. yields more (4.76% vs 0.30%). Across the 22 metrics below, Douglas Dynamics, Inc. leads on 16 and Adient on 6.

Valuation

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
P/E 29.38 17.91 17.92
P/S 0.09 1.32 0.64
P/B 0.68 3.08 1.15
Price to free cash flow 4.29 18.88 12.82
EV/EBITDA 3.75 11.21 7.66
EV/Sales 0.19 1.52 0.73
Earnings yield 3.40% 5.58% 2.73%
Free cash flow yield 23.31% 5.30% 3.47%

Profitability

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
Gross margin 6.32% 27.29% 22.64%
Operating margin 2.83% 11.27% 3.67%
Net margin 0.32% 7.36% 1.68%
Free cash flow margin 2.12% 7.00% 2.31%
Return on equity 2.35% 17.97% 2.35%
Return on assets 0.54% 7.37% 0.89%
Return on invested capital 7.69% 11.27% 4.55%

Growth

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.98% 20.05% 5.00%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,795.00%) (16.95%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.78% 6.44% 7.78%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
Debt to equity 1.19 0.46 0.38
Current ratio 1.10 2.16 1.78
Net debt to EBITDA 1.88 1.50 1.26

Dividend

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
Dividend yield 0.30% 4.76% 2.37%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.78 0.00

Size

Metric ADNT PLOW Auto Parts median
Market cap 1.29b 914.31m 914.31m

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