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Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (AP) vs Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Proto Labs, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Proto Labs, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $122.9M — 12.2× the size. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Proto Labs, Inc. trades at 43.3×. Proto Labs, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against 3.27%. Proto Labs, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.04% vs −13.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.82% vs −16.6%). Across the 19 metrics below, Proto Labs, Inc. leads on 14 and Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
P/E n/m 43.34 18.21
P/S 0.29 2.62 1.14
P/B 2.56 2.17 1.75
Price to free cash flow n/m 30.46 24.69
EV/EBITDA n/m 18.37 14.24
EV/Sales 0.59 2.37 1.83
Earnings yield (48.43%) 2.31% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield (3.05%) 3.28% 2.06%

Profitability

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 18.80% 45.21% 21.63%
Operating margin (11.12%) 7.32% 4.86%
Net margin (13.84%) 6.04% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin (0.88%) 8.61% 3.13%
Return on equity (94.96%) 5.13% 0.67%
Return on assets (11.53%) 4.48% 1.56%
Return on invested capital (16.64%) 4.82% 2.90%

Growth

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.27% 11.79% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16,500.00%) 33.33% 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 4.18% 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (16.03%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 2.85 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 1.78 3.65 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA (3.76) (2.17) 1.67

Dividend

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield — — 1.24%
Payout ratio — — 0.15

Size

Metric AP PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 122.92m 1.50b 1.07b

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