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Gerdau S.A. (GGB) vs NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. (NWPX)

Gerdau S.A. and NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. are both Steel companies. Gerdau S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $797.7M — 6.9× the size. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.8× against 19.2×. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.9% against 9.42%. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.87% vs 3.40%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.69% vs 4.96%). Across the 22 metrics below, NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. leads on 17 and Gerdau S.A. on 5.

Valuation

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
P/E 19.17 14.79 16.37
P/S 0.66 1.31 0.70
P/B 0.82 1.81 1.10
Price to free cash flow 13.33 9.11 22.15
EV/EBITDA 6.18 8.76 8.16
EV/Sales 0.79 1.35 0.79
Earnings yield 5.22% 6.76% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield 7.50% 10.98% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
Gross margin 13.16% 20.90% 13.96%
Operating margin 7.45% 11.80% 6.93%
Net margin 3.40% 8.87% 3.14%
Free cash flow margin 4.94% 14.41% 0.00%
Return on equity 4.39% 12.99% 2.21%
Return on assets 2.84% 8.23% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 4.96% 9.69% 3.18%

Growth

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.42% 15.92% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (70.00%) 4.71% (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.04% 12.97% 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (11.55%) 13.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
Debt to equity 0.26 0.06 0.25
Current ratio 2.87 2.56 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA 1.07 0.13 0.10

Dividend

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
Dividend yield 3.41% — 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.65 — 0.36

Size

Metric GGB NWPX Steel median
Market cap 5.47b 797.66m 2.07b

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