Commercial Metals Company (CMC) vs Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI)

Commercial Metals Company and Mueller Industries, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Mueller Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $13.3B against $7.1B — 1.9× the size. Commercial Metals Company trades at the lower P/E: 12.3× against 15.5×. Commercial Metals Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.2% against 14.8%. Mueller Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (18.3% vs 6.72%) and the higher return on invested capital (30.9% vs 6.89%). Both pay a dividend; Mueller Industries, Inc. yields more (2.13% vs 1.20%). Across the 23 metrics below, Mueller Industries, Inc. leads on 14 and Commercial Metals Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
P/E 12.26 15.50 17.15
P/S 0.82 2.82 1.14
P/B 1.61 3.68 1.71
Price to free cash flow 17.75 19.24 22.10
EV/EBITDA 8.65 10.32 17.60
EV/Sales 1.14 2.52 1.96
Earnings yield 8.15% 6.45% 2.28%
Free cash flow yield 5.63% 5.20% 0.92%

Profitability

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 18.56% 28.78% 21.08%
Operating margin 9.18% 22.96% 5.14%
Net margin 6.72% 18.25% 4.70%
Free cash flow margin 4.64% 14.67% 1.45%
Return on equity 13.79% 26.11% 0.00%
Return on assets 7.09% 21.96% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 6.89% 30.92% 2.19%

Growth

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.23% 14.81% 9.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.13%) 29.19% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.33% 11.75% 6.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (21.25%) 40.55% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 2.33 4.78 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.39 (1.35) 1.02

Dividend

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 1.20% 2.13% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.08 0.10 0.06

Size

Metric CMC MLI Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 7.10b 13.28b 896.96m

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