CSW Industrials, Inc. (CSW) vs MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA)

CSW Industrials, Inc. and MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. CSW Industrials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.8B against $3.4B — 1.4× the size. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 40.5×. CSW Industrials, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 27.7% against 5.88%. MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS has the higher net margin (15.0% vs 10.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs 6.43%). Both pay a dividend; MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS yields more (1.78% vs 0.34%). Across the 23 metrics below, MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS leads on 18 and CSW Industrials, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 40.55 15.13 29.62
P/S 4.14 2.29 2.77
P/B 4.51 3.02 3.04
Price to free cash flow 33.54 20.95 23.81
EV/EBITDA 21.05 9.90 16.05
EV/Sales 4.83 2.26 2.94
Earnings yield 2.47% 6.61% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 2.98% 4.77% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.38% 37.86% 35.90%
Operating margin 16.55% 19.42% 11.22%
Net margin 10.34% 15.02% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 12.36% 12.23% 9.51%
Return on equity 11.07% 21.68% 11.10%
Return on assets 6.25% 12.06% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 6.43% 16.66% 5.37%

Growth

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 27.71% 5.88% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.05%) 64.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.89% 8.20% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 22.82% 21.63% 5.04%

Health

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.80 0.40 0.35
Current ratio 2.70 4.64 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 0.07 1.32

Dividend

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.34% 1.78% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.11 0.50 0.17

Size

Metric CSW MWA Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 4.80b 3.35b 1.97b

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