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 $4.2B against $1.8B — 2.3× the size. Whirlpool Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 9.5× against 22.8×. 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 22.77 9.47 14.67
P/S 2.39 0.12 0.53
P/B 8.45 0.46 1.09
Price to free cash flow 16.56 8.19 9.09
EV/EBITDA 13.02 6.73 7.12
EV/Sales 3.24 0.51 0.68
Earnings yield 4.39% 10.56% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield 6.04% 12.21% 7.21%

Profitability

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Gross margin 37.72% 13.57% 37.53%
Operating margin 19.06% 4.22% 2.52%
Net margin 10.08% 1.15% 2.02%
Free cash flow margin 14.45% 1.48% 3.16%
Return on equity 158.98% 5.29% 7.37%
Return on assets 12.15% 1.01% 2.13%
Return on invested capital 10.55% 4.04% 3.71%

Growth

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Revenue growth (TTM) — (3.88%) 1.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.71%) 196.42% (0.71%)
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 1.95
Net debt to EBITDA 3.86 4.17 0.06

Dividend

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Dividend yield — 6.47% 2.94%
Payout ratio — 0.62 0.51

Size

Metric ALH WHR Furnishings Fixtures & Appliances median
Market cap 4.16b 1.83b 202.07m

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