Metallus Inc. (MTUS) vs NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. (NWPX)

Metallus Inc. and NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. are both Steel companies. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $945.9M against $846.4M — 1.1× the size. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.3× against 108×. Metallus Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.1% against 15.1%. NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.49% vs 0.66%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.1% vs 0.82%). Across the 21 metrics below, NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. leads on 15 and Metallus Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
P/E 108.21 19.29 20.82
P/S 0.70 1.64 0.73
P/B 1.24 2.25 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.81 25.52
EV/EBITDA 12.43 10.78 9.90
EV/Sales 0.65 1.62 0.91
Earnings yield 0.92% 5.18% 4.44%
Free cash flow yield (11.41%) 8.47% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
Gross margin 8.20% 20.88% 13.91%
Operating margin 0.63% 11.47% 4.77%
Net margin 0.66% 8.49% 3.40%
Free cash flow margin (7.98%) 13.87% 0.00%
Return on equity 1.17% 12.22% 2.21%
Return on assets 0.72% 7.83% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 0.82% 10.06% 2.52%

Growth

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.12% 15.09% 15.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (200.00%) 4.71% (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.87% 12.97% 6.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 13.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.02 0.25
Current ratio 1.75 2.71 2.58
Net debt to EBITDA (2.90) 0.13 0.10

Dividend

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
Dividend yield — — 1.30%
Payout ratio — — 0.48

Size

Metric MTUS NWPX Steel median
Market cap 846.39m 945.89m 1.53b

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