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Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) vs Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

Insteel Industries, Inc. and Proto Labs, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Proto Labs, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $521.4M — 2.9× the size. Insteel Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.9× against 43.3×. Insteel Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.2% against 11.8%. Proto Labs, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.04% vs 4.00%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.82% vs 6.86%). Across the 21 metrics below, Insteel Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Proto Labs, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
P/E 17.88 43.34 18.21
P/S 0.71 2.62 1.14
P/B 1.39 2.17 1.75
Price to free cash flow 22.61 30.46 24.69
EV/EBITDA 8.97 18.37 14.24
EV/Sales 0.67 2.37 1.83
Earnings yield 5.59% 2.31% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 4.42% 3.28% 2.06%

Profitability

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 10.23% 45.21% 21.63%
Operating margin 5.08% 7.32% 4.86%
Net margin 4.00% 6.04% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin 3.36% 8.61% 3.13%
Return on equity 7.87% 5.13% 0.67%
Return on assets 6.27% 4.48% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 6.86% 4.82% 2.90%

Growth

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.17% 11.79% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (28.10%) 33.33% 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.60% 4.18% 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (15.00%) (16.03%) 0.00%

Health

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 3.72 3.65 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA (0.68) (2.17) 1.67

Dividend

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 0.44% — 1.24%
Payout ratio 0.08 — 0.15

Size

Metric IIIN PRLB Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 521.38m 1.50b 1.07b

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