Carrier Global Corporation (CARR) vs Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS)

Carrier Global Corporation and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Carrier Global Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $45.3B against $9.7B — 4.7× the size. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.9× against 37.9×. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.4% against −1.58%. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.0% vs 5.52%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.3% vs 4.47%). Both pay a dividend; Carrier Global Corporation yields more (2.15% vs 0.59%). Across the 23 metrics below, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. leads on 18 and Carrier Global Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 37.93 21.93 23.15
P/S 2.06 3.04 2.02
P/B 3.38 5.38 2.81
Price to free cash flow 23.62 17.76 16.84
EV/EBITDA 18.67 12.63 12.85
EV/Sales 2.54 3.52 2.04
Earnings yield 2.64% 4.56% 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 4.23% 5.63% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 24.34% 38.65% 29.19%
Operating margin 7.80% 20.74% 6.99%
Net margin 5.52% 14.00% 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 8.72% 17.10% 7.60%
Return on equity 8.57% 25.71% 9.28%
Return on assets 3.22% 10.71% 2.88%
Return on invested capital 4.47% 12.34% 5.16%

Growth

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.58%) 10.37% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (72.03%) (5.56%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.49% 9.00% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (5.62%) 18.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.89 0.95 0.43
Current ratio 1.02 2.12 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.98 1.80 0.98

Dividend

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 2.15% 0.59% 1.43%
Payout ratio 0.82 0.13 0.29

Size

Metric CARR WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 45.30b 9.69b 1.17b

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