Caesarstone Ltd. (CSTE) vs Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (PPIH)

Caesarstone Ltd. and Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $223.0M against $44.3M — 5.0× the size. Caesarstone Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. trades at 14.2×. Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.8% against −6.00%. Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.89% vs −37.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.0% vs −158.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. leads on 14 and Caesarstone Ltd. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
P/E n/m 14.22 23.33
P/S 0.12 0.99 2.09
P/B 0.44 2.39 2.85
Price to free cash flow n/m 16.26 18.42
EV/EBITDA 0.06 6.69 13.29
EV/Sales (0.02) 0.99 2.28
Earnings yield (320.16%) 7.03% 3.04%
Free cash flow yield (42.30%) 6.15% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 19.70% 31.13% 31.88%
Operating margin (33.51%) 12.06% 7.18%
Net margin (37.40%) 6.89% 4.11%
Free cash flow margin (4.94%) 6.07% 6.41%
Return on equity (81.88%) 17.94% 5.95%
Return on assets (32.38%) 7.39% 3.90%
Return on invested capital (158.08%) 17.97% 5.54%

Growth

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.00%) 24.78% 6.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (252.21%) 86.61% (28.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.97%) 20.02% 4.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.39 0.55
Current ratio 1.59 2.19 1.83
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 0.05 1.45

Dividend

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 1.37%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric CSTE PPIH Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 44.28m 222.99m 3.22b

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