Mechel PAO (MTL) vs Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS)

Mechel PAO and Worthington Steel, Inc. are both Steel companies. Worthington Steel, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $1.2B — 1.5× the size. Mechel PAO trades at the lower P/E: 0.8× against 93.4×. Mechel PAO grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 48.0% against 11.3%. Mechel PAO has the higher net margin (20.0% vs 0.25%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −0.06%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mechel PAO leads on 15 and Worthington Steel, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MTL WS Steel median
P/E 0.84 93.41 21.10
P/S 0.10 0.52 0.70
P/B n/m 1.51 1.39
Price to free cash flow 0.50 18.69 23.71
EV/EBITDA 2.62 23.95 10.71
EV/Sales 0.78 0.58 0.85
Earnings yield 119.61% 1.07% 4.56%
Free cash flow yield 201.98% 5.35% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric MTL WS Steel median
Gross margin 44.30% 11.71% 13.91%
Operating margin 0.00% (0.04%) 4.77%
Net margin 20.04% 0.25% 3.40%
Free cash flow margin 23.08% 2.81% 0.00%
Return on equity (40.08%) 0.71% 2.21%
Return on assets 37.90% 0.40% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (0.06%) 2.52%

Growth

Metric MTL WS Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 48.03% 11.33% 11.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 10,700.00% (84.47%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.72% — 6.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 59.28% — 0.00%

Health

Metric MTL WS Steel median
Debt to equity (1.81) 0.22 0.22
Current ratio 0.32 1.46 2.58
Net debt to EBITDA 2.26 2.15 0.10

Dividend

Metric MTL WS Steel median
Dividend yield — — 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.04

Size

Metric MTL WS Steel median
Market cap 1.21b 1.81b 1.46b

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