Eastern Company (The) (EML) vs ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. (TBLT)

Eastern Company (The) and ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. are both Tools & Accessories companies. Eastern Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $148.0M against $1.7M — 88.6× the size. ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Eastern Company (The) trades at 18.3×. Eastern Company (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −11.9% against −19.9%. Eastern Company (The) has the higher net margin (3.39% vs −60.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.86% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Eastern Company (The) leads on 13 and ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
P/E 18.27 n/m 25.91
P/S 0.62 n/m 1.36
P/B 1.13 n/m 1.98
Price to free cash flow 9.70 n/m 18.96
EV/EBITDA 13.02 n/m 13.02
EV/Sales 0.76 0.03 1.27
Earnings yield 5.47% (1,221,255.00%) 3.72%
Free cash flow yield 10.31% (199,907.97%) 4.42%

Profitability

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
Gross margin 21.56% 21.51% 33.41%
Operating margin 3.07% (75.02%) 10.31%
Net margin 3.39% (60.90%) 5.43%
Free cash flow margin 6.41% (9.97%) 8.16%
Return on equity 6.32% (464.80%) 7.80%
Return on assets 3.39% (68.46%) 3.79%
Return on invested capital 2.86% 0.00% 6.23%

Growth

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.91%) (19.93%) 5.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 185.40% 73.73% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.73% 37.91% 5.45%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.70% 0.00% 0.27%

Health

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
Debt to equity 0.34 (0.03) 0.44
Current ratio 2.80 0.56 2.62
Net debt to EBITDA 1.71 0.02 1.21

Dividend

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
Dividend yield 1.81% — 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.41 0.00 0.35

Size

Metric EML TBLT Tools & Accessories median
Market cap 148.02m 1.67m 8.25b

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