Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (ARTW) vs Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (HYFM)

Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. are both Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.3M against $3.5M — 4.1× the size. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.55% against −34.1%. Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (−1.65% vs −267.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.07% vs −646.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. leads on 13 and Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
P/E n/m n/m 21.67
P/S 0.57 0.03 0.77
P/B 1.05 n/m 1.31
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.59
EV/EBITDA 25.66 n/m 11.30
EV/Sales 0.82 1.12 1.11
Earnings yield (3.25%) (8,093.33%) 3.08%
Free cash flow yield (6.33%) (101.40%) 3.12%

Profitability

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Gross margin 26.01% 9.42% 22.91%
Operating margin (0.09%) (253.04%) 4.47%
Net margin (1.65%) (267.20%) 1.41%
Free cash flow margin (3.62%) (3.42%) 2.26%
Return on equity (3.01%) (535.51%) 3.99%
Return on assets (1.73%) (115.49%) 1.31%
Return on invested capital (0.07%) (646.82%) 4.09%

Growth

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.55% (34.07%) 1.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 233.33% (329.70%) (27.79%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.50% (17.07%) 6.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.45 (1.37) 0.66
Current ratio 1.71 0.27 1.98
Net debt to EBITDA 5.38 (0.45) 1.12

Dividend

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Dividend yield — — 1.24%
Payout ratio — — 0.31

Size

Metric ARTW HYFM Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery median
Market cap 14.26m 3.51m 836.63m

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