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Eastern Company (The) (EML) vs Hillman Solutions Corp. (HLMN)

Eastern Company (The) and Hillman Solutions Corp. are both Tools & Accessories companies. Hillman Solutions Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $150.7M — 9.4× the size. Eastern Company (The) trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 33.5×. Hillman Solutions Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.47% against −11.9%. Eastern Company (The) has the higher net margin (3.39% vs 2.57%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.86% vs 3.68%). Across the 22 metrics below, Eastern Company (The) leads on 17 and Hillman Solutions Corp. on 5.

Valuation

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
P/E 18.14 33.50 25.95
P/S 0.62 0.90 1.32
P/B 1.13 1.18 1.93
Price to free cash flow 9.63 23.64 18.46
EV/EBITDA 12.95 8.02 12.84
EV/Sales 0.76 1.31 1.31
Earnings yield 5.51% 2.99% 3.73%
Free cash flow yield 10.38% 4.23% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Gross margin 21.56% 48.05% 33.41%
Operating margin 3.07% 6.91% 10.31%
Net margin 3.39% 2.57% 5.43%
Free cash flow margin 6.41% 3.81% 8.16%
Return on equity 6.32% 3.39% 7.80%
Return on assets 3.39% 1.74% 3.79%
Return on invested capital 2.86% 3.68% 6.23%

Growth

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.91%) 6.47% 5.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 185.40% 122.22% 35.90%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.73% 2.55% 5.45%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.70% 0.00% 0.27%

Health

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.34 0.57 0.44
Current ratio 2.80 2.71 2.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.71 2.52 1.21

Dividend

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Dividend yield 1.81% — 1.68%
Payout ratio 0.33 — 0.38

Size

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Market cap 150.68m 1.41b 7.83b

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