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AZZ Inc. (AZZ) vs UL Solutions Inc. (ULS)

AZZ Inc. and UL Solutions Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. UL Solutions Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $15.0B against $3.9B — 3.8× the size. AZZ Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.2× against 29.2×. AZZ Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.50% against 6.61%. UL Solutions Inc. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 9.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.6% vs 9.55%). Both pay a dividend; UL Solutions Inc. yields more (0.77% vs 0.49%). Across the 21 metrics below, AZZ Inc. leads on 11 and UL Solutions Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
P/E 23.18 29.21 24.35
P/S 2.23 4.71 1.05
P/B 2.75 9.14 2.27
Price to free cash flow 17.95 33.96 16.71
EV/EBITDA 11.07 19.58 11.55
EV/Sales 2.50 4.68 1.53
Earnings yield 4.31% 3.42% 1.82%
Free cash flow yield 5.57% 2.94% 1.51%

Profitability

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 24.27% 50.41% 35.31%
Operating margin 16.46% 17.86% 3.43%
Net margin 9.59% 16.05% 1.67%
Free cash flow margin 12.40% 13.86% 3.28%
Return on equity 12.32% 36.96% 0.00%
Return on assets 7.34% 16.72% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.55% 23.62% 0.65%

Growth

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.50% 6.61% 6.30%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 486.59% (1.23%) 6.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.98% — 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 51.60% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 0.33 0.19 0.21
Current ratio 1.79 1.42 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.30 0.28 1.16

Dividend

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield 0.49% 0.77% 2.27%
Payout ratio 0.12 0.23 0.35

Size

Metric AZZ ULS Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 3.91b 15.02b 796.45m

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