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3M Company (MMM) vs Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI)

3M Company and Valmont Industries, Inc. are both Conglomerates companies. 3M Company is the larger, with a market value of $84.4B against $9.1B — 9.3× the size. Valmont Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 28.3×. Valmont Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.80% against 2.35%. 3M Company has the higher net margin (11.9% vs 11.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.6% vs 15.6%). Both pay a dividend; 3M Company yields more (1.92% vs 0.64%). Across the 23 metrics below, Valmont Industries, Inc. leads on 13 and 3M Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
P/E 28.26 18.07 17.97
P/S 3.30 2.14 0.85
P/B 27.66 5.25 1.50
Price to free cash flow 20.41 27.87 12.94
EV/EBITDA 15.36 14.38 11.24
EV/Sales 3.67 2.28 1.29
Earnings yield 3.54% 5.53% 0.33%
Free cash flow yield 4.90% 3.59% (0.73%)

Profitability

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
Gross margin 39.40% 30.37% 33.55%
Operating margin 18.36% 13.70% 2.86%
Net margin 11.90% 11.33% 0.49%
Free cash flow margin 16.18% 7.68% (0.47%)
Return on equity 81.48% 29.46% 0.27%
Return on assets 8.22% 14.08% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 23.64% 15.63% 1.29%

Growth

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.35% 3.80% 8.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (20.53%) (2.33%) (8.46%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.97%) 7.23% 6.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.82%) 18.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
Debt to equity 4.18 0.42 0.51
Current ratio 1.24 2.35 1.77
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 1.21 1.29

Dividend

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
Dividend yield 1.92% 0.64% 3.05%
Payout ratio 0.55 0.12 0.30

Size

Metric MMM VMI Conglomerates median
Market cap 84.36b 9.05b 470.57m

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