Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) vs Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (WOR)

Insteel Industries, Inc. and Worthington Enterprises, Inc. are both Metal Fabrication companies. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $521.4M — 5.8× the size. Insteel Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.7× against 18.0×. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.4% against 14.2%. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.5% vs 4.00%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.85% vs 6.86%). Both pay a dividend; Worthington Enterprises, Inc. yields more (1.27% vs 0.45%). Across the 23 metrics below, Insteel Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and Worthington Enterprises, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
P/E 17.68 18.01 18.01
P/S 0.71 2.07 1.11
P/B 1.38 2.86 1.79
Price to free cash flow 22.37 14.88 25.24
EV/EBITDA 8.87 22.85 14.48
EV/Sales 0.66 2.25 1.81
Earnings yield 5.65% 5.55% 2.28%
Free cash flow yield 4.47% 6.72% 2.06%

Profitability

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
Gross margin 10.23% 27.22% 21.63%
Operating margin 5.08% 5.63% 4.86%
Net margin 4.00% 11.50% 4.13%
Free cash flow margin 3.36% 13.90% 3.13%
Return on equity 7.87% 0.00% 0.67%
Return on assets 6.27% 9.14% 1.56%
Return on invested capital 6.86% 3.85% 2.90%

Growth

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.17% 18.44% 11.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (28.10%) 63.54% 31.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.60% (15.32%) 5.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (15.00%) (26.42%) 0.00%

Health

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.29 0.30
Current ratio 3.72 2.67 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA (0.68) 2.08 1.67

Dividend

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
Dividend yield 0.45% 1.27% 1.23%
Payout ratio 0.08 0.23 0.15

Size

Metric IIIN WOR Metal Fabrication median
Market cap 521.38m 3.02b 945.69m

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