Reliance, Inc. (RS) vs Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. (SIM)

Reliance, Inc. and Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. are both Steel companies. Reliance, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $21.1B against $4.3B — 4.9× the size. Reliance, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.2× against 20.7×. Reliance, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.8% against 15.4%. Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs 6.38%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.0% vs 10.5%). Across the 21 metrics below, Reliance, Inc. leads on 14 and Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. on 7.

Valuation

Metric RS SIM Steel median
P/E 19.23 20.66 16.37
P/S 1.22 2.41 0.70
P/B 2.74 1.21 1.10
Price to free cash flow 41.44 n/m 22.15
EV/EBITDA 12.51 7.56 8.16
EV/Sales 1.30 1.48 0.79
Earnings yield 5.20% 4.84% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield 2.41% (0.95%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric RS SIM Steel median
Gross margin 28.10% 25.65% 13.96%
Operating margin 8.80% 16.97% 6.93%
Net margin 6.38% 11.36% 3.14%
Free cash flow margin 2.95% (2.29%) 0.00%
Return on equity 14.71% 6.07% 2.21%
Return on assets 9.99% 5.09% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 10.46% 10.00% 3.18%

Growth

Metric RS SIM Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.75% 15.40% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.15%) (87.37%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.16% (1.23%) 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.91% (9.86%) 0.00%

Health

Metric RS SIM Steel median
Debt to equity 0.21 0.00 0.25
Current ratio 4.12 5.79 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA 0.93 (4.54) 0.10

Dividend

Metric RS SIM Steel median
Dividend yield 1.19% — 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.23 — 0.36

Size

Metric RS SIM Steel median
Market cap 21.09b 4.31b 2.07b

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