Limbach Holdings, Inc. (LMB) vs Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX)

Limbach Holdings, Inc. and Quanex Building Products Corporation are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Quanex Building Products Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $885.4M against $570.0M — 1.6× the size. Limbach Holdings, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.8× against 19.1×. Limbach Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.7% against 1.26%. Limbach Holdings, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.42% vs 2.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.9% vs 5.16%). Across the 22 metrics below, Limbach Holdings, Inc. leads on 12 and Quanex Building Products Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 18.80 19.08 23.15
P/S 0.85 0.46 2.02
P/B 2.86 1.15 2.81
Price to free cash flow 11.18 9.42 16.84
EV/EBITDA 10.37 6.95 12.85
EV/Sales 0.88 0.78 2.04
Earnings yield 5.32% 5.24% 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 8.95% 10.61% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 23.58% 26.59% 29.19%
Operating margin 5.75% 5.96% 6.99%
Net margin 4.42% 2.43% 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 7.60% 4.89% 7.60%
Return on equity 16.17% 6.20% 9.28%
Return on assets 8.09% 2.30% 2.88%
Return on invested capital 10.85% 5.16% 5.16%

Growth

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.67% 1.26% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 25.68% (703.33%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.62% 16.63% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.41% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.89 0.43
Current ratio 1.49 2.23 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 0.36 2.90 0.98

Dividend

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — 1.69% 1.43%
Payout ratio — 0.32 0.29

Size

Metric LMB NX Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 570.02m 885.37m 1.17b

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