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Friedman Industries Inc. (FRD) vs Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS)

Friedman Industries Inc. and Worthington Steel, Inc. are both Steel companies. Worthington Steel, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $256.1M — 7.2× the size. Worthington Steel, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Friedman Industries Inc. trades at 6.2×. Friedman Industries Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 73.7% against 69.1%. Friedman Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −0.72%) and the higher return on invested capital (25.8% vs 0.11%). Both pay a dividend; Worthington Steel, Inc. yields more (1.76% vs 0.45%). Across the 19 metrics below, Friedman Industries Inc. leads on 14 and Worthington Steel, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FRD WS Steel median
P/E 6.19 n/m 16.37
P/S 0.28 0.34 0.70
P/B 1.37 1.11 1.10
Price to free cash flow n/m 22.15 22.15
EV/EBITDA 5.62 38.56 8.16
EV/Sales 0.28 0.71 0.79
Earnings yield 16.16% (2.10%) 5.02%
Free cash flow yield (0.61%) 4.51% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric FRD WS Steel median
Gross margin 0.00% 10.37% 13.96%
Operating margin 8.27% 0.12% 6.93%
Net margin 0.00% (0.72%) 3.14%
Free cash flow margin 0.68% 1.55% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (2.67%) 2.21%
Return on assets 0.00% (0.93%) 1.83%
Return on invested capital 25.76% 0.11% 3.18%

Growth

Metric FRD WS Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 73.68% 69.13% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 217.24% (92.24%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.68% — 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.96% — 0.00%

Health

Metric FRD WS Steel median
Debt to equity 0.02 1.35 0.25
Current ratio 2.68 1.81 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA 0.04 2.15 0.10

Dividend

Metric FRD WS Steel median
Dividend yield 0.45% 1.76% 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.03 1.81 0.36

Size

Metric FRD WS Steel median
Market cap 256.05m 1.84b 2.07b

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