Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (AP) vs Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN)

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Insteel Industries, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Insteel Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $563.9M against $179.1M — 3.1× the size. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Insteel Industries, Inc. trades at 15.8×. Insteel Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.1% against 3.27%. Insteel Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.14% vs −13.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.33% vs −16.6%). Across the 19 metrics below, Insteel Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
P/E n/m 15.76 17.15
P/S 0.42 0.81 1.14
P/B 3.68 1.54 1.71
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 22.10
EV/EBITDA n/m 8.55 17.60
EV/Sales 0.72 0.78 1.96
Earnings yield (33.68%) 6.34% 2.28%
Free cash flow yield (2.12%) (1.09%) 0.92%

Profitability

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 18.80% 11.77% 21.08%
Operating margin (11.12%) 6.56% 5.14%
Net margin (13.84%) 5.14% 4.70%
Free cash flow margin (0.88%) (0.68%) 1.45%
Return on equity (94.96%) 10.00% 0.00%
Return on assets (11.53%) 7.69% 1.56%
Return on invested capital (16.64%) 8.33% 2.19%

Growth

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.27% 17.06% 9.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16,500.00%) 112.12% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 6.51% 6.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 16.63% 0.00%

Health

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 2.85 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 1.78 3.57 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA (3.76) (0.55) 1.02

Dividend

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield — 7.28% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.05 0.06

Size

Metric AP IIIN Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 179.11m 563.91m 896.96m

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