POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX) vs Reliance, Inc. (RS)

POSCO Holdings Inc. and Reliance, Inc. are both Steel companies. Reliance, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.7B against $17.0B — 1.2× the size. POSCO Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.6× against 22.4×. Reliance, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against 2.62%. Reliance, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.65% vs 1.94%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.74% vs 1.66%). Both pay a dividend; POSCO Holdings Inc. yields more (2.48% vs 1.31%). Across the 22 metrics below, Reliance, Inc. leads on 14 and POSCO Holdings Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric PKX RS Steel median
P/E 21.57 22.38 21.10
P/S 0.35 1.25 0.70
P/B 0.38 2.67 1.39
Price to free cash flow n/m 35.36 23.71
EV/EBITDA 4.83 14.00 10.71
EV/Sales 0.41 1.34 0.85
Earnings yield 4.64% 4.47% 4.56%
Free cash flow yield (9.89%) 2.83% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric PKX RS Steel median
Gross margin 7.86% 28.21% 13.91%
Operating margin 2.57% 7.82% 4.77%
Net margin 1.94% 5.65% 3.40%
Free cash flow margin (3.42%) 3.54% 0.00%
Return on equity 2.21% 12.20% 2.21%
Return on assets 1.31% 8.25% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 1.66% 8.74% 2.52%

Growth

Metric PKX RS Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.62% 15.44% 11.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (31.90%) (10.15%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.99% 10.16% 6.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.50%) 14.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric PKX RS Steel median
Debt to equity 0.30 0.22 0.22
Current ratio 1.98 4.30 2.58
Net debt to EBITDA 0.10 0.93 0.10

Dividend

Metric PKX RS Steel median
Dividend yield 2.48% 1.31% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.30 0.15 0.04

Size

Metric PKX RS Steel median
Market cap 16.96b 19.70b 1.46b

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