Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) vs Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI)

Compass Diversified Holdings and Valmont Industries, Inc. are both Conglomerates companies. Valmont Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.1B against $838.9M — 9.6× the size. Compass Diversified Holdings has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Valmont Industries, Inc. trades at 15.7×. Valmont Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.55% against −4.83%. Valmont Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.3% vs −5.29%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.0% vs 1.84%). Only Valmont Industries, Inc. pays a dividend (0.70%). Across the 22 metrics below, Valmont Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Compass Diversified Holdings on 7.

Valuation

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
P/E n/m 15.73 10.53
P/S 0.49 1.92 0.64
P/B 6.77 4.67 1.14
Price to free cash flow 11.00 26.61 15.31
EV/EBITDA 11.59 12.52 10.37
EV/Sales 1.32 2.06 1.25
Earnings yield (18.64%) 6.36% 1.02%
Free cash flow yield 9.09% 3.76% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
Gross margin 44.59% 30.27% 30.27%
Operating margin 3.46% 14.24% 3.36%
Net margin (5.29%) 12.30% 0.59%
Free cash flow margin 4.44% 7.20% (0.12%)
Return on equity (304.87%) 31.46% 0.30%
Return on assets (3.15%) 15.28% 0.06%
Return on invested capital 1.84% 15.95% 0.73%

Growth

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.83%) 4.55% 8.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.27% (2.33%) 12.05%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.29% 7.23% 6.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 18.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
Debt to equity 2.61 0.43 0.46
Current ratio 2.26 2.41 1.71
Net debt to EBITDA 11.78 1.21 1.17

Dividend

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
Dividend yield 0.00% 0.70% 2.58%
Payout ratio — 0.11 0.36

Size

Metric CODI VMI Conglomerates median
Market cap 838.88m 8.08b 389.84m

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