Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (ARTW) vs Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC)

Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Gencor Industries Inc. are both Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies. Gencor Industries Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $259.9M against $16.7M — 15.5× the size. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Gencor Industries Inc. trades at 17.6×. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.55% against −6.39%. Gencor Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (13.5% vs −1.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.3% vs −0.07%). Across the 20 metrics below, Gencor Industries Inc. leads on 17 and Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
P/E n/m 17.60 23.28
P/S 0.65 2.37 0.75
P/B 1.20 1.16 1.43
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 22.25
EV/EBITDA 28.25 6.44 11.41
EV/Sales 0.90 0.88 1.14
Earnings yield (2.74%) 5.68% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield (5.53%) (0.62%) 2.91%

Profitability

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Gross margin 26.01% 28.58% 24.21%
Operating margin (0.09%) 11.74% 4.47%
Net margin (1.65%) 13.53% 1.49%
Free cash flow margin (3.62%) (1.47%) 2.15%
Return on equity (3.01%) 6.85% 3.99%
Return on assets (1.73%) 6.49% 1.31%
Return on invested capital (0.07%) 13.32% 3.36%

Growth

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.55% (6.39%) 2.18%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 233.33% 8.08% (27.79%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.50% 8.32% 7.34%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 23.14% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.45 0.00 0.67
Current ratio 1.71 19.16 1.98
Net debt to EBITDA 5.38 (8.32) 1.12

Dividend

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.34%
Payout ratio — — 0.30

Size

Metric ARTW GENC Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Market cap 16.72m 259.88m 808.87m

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