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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 $1.7B against $163.7M — 10.1× the size. Eastern Company (The) trades at the lower P/E: 20.3× against 64.6×. Hillman Solutions Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.40% against −11.9%. Eastern Company (The) has the higher net margin (3.39% vs 1.48%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.86% vs 2.98%). 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 20.26 64.63 23.82
P/S 0.69 1.02 1.27
P/B 1.26 1.35 3.60
Price to free cash flow 10.76 16.16 15.76
EV/EBITDA 14.18 10.18 12.84
EV/Sales 0.83 1.58 1.66
Earnings yield 4.94% 1.55% 4.03%
Free cash flow yield 9.30% 6.19% 5.82%

Profitability

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Gross margin 21.56% 47.87% 34.62%
Operating margin 3.07% 6.29% 10.65%
Net margin 3.39% 1.48% 6.76%
Free cash flow margin 6.41% 6.31% 9.30%
Return on equity 6.32% 1.97% 10.51%
Return on assets 3.39% 0.96% 4.19%
Return on invested capital 2.86% 2.98% 7.05%

Growth

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.91%) 6.40% 6.18%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 185.40% 122.22% 35.90%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.73% 2.55% 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.70% 0.00% 2.99%

Health

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.34 0.78 0.53
Current ratio 2.80 2.60 2.60
Net debt to EBITDA 1.71 2.52 1.21

Dividend

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Dividend yield 1.62% — 1.55%
Payout ratio 0.33 — 0.34

Size

Metric EML HLMN Tools & Accessories median
Market cap 163.74m 1.66b 7.39b

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