Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) vs Ryerson Holding Corporation (RYZ)

Insteel Industries, Inc. and Ryerson Holding Corporation are both Metal Fabrication companies. Ryerson Holding Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $521.4M — 2.6× the size. Ryerson Holding Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Insteel Industries, Inc. trades at 17.9×. Ryerson Holding Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.2% against 14.2%. Insteel Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.00% vs 0.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.86% vs 1.95%). Both pay a dividend; Ryerson Holding Corporation yields more (1.39% vs 0.44%). Across the 21 metrics below, Insteel Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Ryerson Holding Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
P/E 17.88 n/m 18.21
P/S 0.71 0.20 1.14
P/B 1.39 1.06 1.75
Price to free cash flow 22.61 n/m 24.69
EV/EBITDA 8.97 13.40 14.24
EV/Sales 0.67 0.34 1.83
Earnings yield 5.59% (0.53%) 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 4.42% (12.61%) 2.06%

Profitability

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 10.23% 17.31% 21.63%
Operating margin 5.08% 1.04% 4.86%
Net margin 4.00% 0.21% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin 3.36% (2.57%) 3.13%
Return on equity 7.87% 1.33% 0.67%
Return on assets 6.27% 0.43% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 6.86% 1.95% 2.90%

Growth

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.17% 53.23% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (28.10%) (576.92%) 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.60% 5.69% 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (15.00%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.76 0.30
Current ratio 3.72 2.16 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA (0.68) 8.90 1.67

Dividend

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 0.44% 1.39% 1.24%
Payout ratio 0.08 — 0.15

Size

Metric IIIN RYZ Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 521.38m 1.37b 1.07b

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