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Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) vs Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

Carpenter Technology Corporation and Proto Labs, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Carpenter Technology Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $13.8B against $1.5B — 9.2× the size. Carpenter Technology Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 24.6× against 43.3×. Proto Labs, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against 10.2%. Carpenter Technology Corporation has the higher net margin (17.9% vs 6.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.2% vs 4.82%). Across the 22 metrics below, Carpenter Technology Corporation leads on 13 and Proto Labs, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
P/E 24.56 43.34 18.21
P/S 4.37 2.62 1.14
P/B 6.39 2.17 1.75
Price to free cash flow 40.90 30.46 24.69
EV/EBITDA 16.55 18.37 14.24
EV/Sales 4.63 2.37 1.83
Earnings yield 4.07% 2.31% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 2.45% 3.28% 2.06%

Profitability

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 31.22% 45.21% 21.63%
Operating margin 23.37% 7.32% 4.86%
Net margin 17.87% 6.04% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin 10.69% 8.61% 3.13%
Return on equity 27.84% 5.13% 0.67%
Return on assets 15.95% 4.48% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 17.16% 4.82% 2.90%

Growth

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.21% 11.79% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 41.78% 33.33% 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.19% 4.18% 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (16.03%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 3.94 3.65 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA 0.35 (2.17) 1.67

Dividend

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 0.29% — 1.24%
Payout ratio 0.07 — 0.15

Size

Metric CRS PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 13.82b 1.50b 1.07b

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