Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) vs Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS)

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and Worthington Steel, Inc. are both Steel companies. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.2B against $1.8B — 4.0× the size. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Worthington Steel, Inc. trades at 93.4×. Worthington Steel, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against 4.00%. Worthington Steel, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.25% vs −4.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.06% vs −3.70%). Across the 18 metrics below, Worthington Steel, Inc. leads on 14 and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CLF WS Steel median
P/E n/m 93.41 21.10
P/S 0.36 0.52 0.70
P/B 1.20 1.51 1.39
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.69 23.71
EV/EBITDA 52.19 23.95 10.71
EV/Sales 0.77 0.58 0.85
Earnings yield (13.30%) 1.07% 4.56%
Free cash flow yield (12.32%) 5.35% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CLF WS Steel median
Gross margin (1.05%) 11.71% 13.91%
Operating margin (4.15%) (0.04%) 4.77%
Net margin (4.56%) 0.25% 3.40%
Free cash flow margin (4.46%) 2.81% 0.00%
Return on equity (14.77%) 0.71% 2.21%
Return on assets (4.32%) 0.40% 1.83%
Return on invested capital (3.70%) (0.06%) 2.52%

Growth

Metric CLF WS Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.00% 11.33% 11.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (85.35%) (84.47%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.30% — 6.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CLF WS Steel median
Debt to equity 1.32 0.22 0.22
Current ratio 1.89 1.46 2.58
Net debt to EBITDA (20.92) 2.15 0.10

Dividend

Metric CLF WS Steel median
Dividend yield — — 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.04

Size

Metric CLF WS Steel median
Market cap 7.21b 1.81b 1.46b

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