Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. (ALH) vs Whirlpool Corporation (WHR)

Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. and Whirlpool Corporation are both Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances companies. Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.3B against $2.2B — 2.0× the size. Whirlpool Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 10.8× against 23.3×. Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (10.1% vs 1.15%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.6% vs 4.04%). Across the 19 metrics below, Whirlpool Corporation leads on 10 and Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
P/E 23.26 10.79 14.03
P/S 2.44 0.14 0.52
P/B 8.64 0.53 1.06
Price to free cash flow 16.91 9.33 9.86
EV/EBITDA 13.22 6.95 7.67
EV/Sales 3.29 0.53 0.67
Earnings yield 4.30% 9.27% 3.50%
Free cash flow yield 5.91% 10.72% 7.55%

Profitability

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 37.72% 13.57% 37.53%
Operating margin 19.06% 4.22% 2.03%
Net margin 10.08% 1.15% 1.65%
Free cash flow margin 14.45% 1.48% 3.92%
Return on equity 158.98% 5.29% 5.51%
Return on assets 12.15% 1.01% 1.69%
Return on invested capital 10.55% 4.04% 3.55%

Growth

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (3.88%) 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.71%) 196.42% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (4.41%) 0.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (21.62%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Debt to equity 3.35 1.80 0.17
Current ratio 1.43 1.15 1.97
Net debt to EBITDA 3.86 4.17 0.06

Dividend

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 6.35% 2.20%
Payout ratio — 1.04 0.09

Size

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 4.25b 2.16b 212.02m

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