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Smith-Midland Corp. (SMID) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

Smith-Midland Corp. and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $134.5M — 25.5× the size. Smith-Midland Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 17.5× against 25.6×. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.45% against −1.65%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.1% vs 8.63%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.3% vs 13.5%). Across the 22 metrics below, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. leads on 13 and Smith-Midland Corp. on 9.

Valuation

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
P/E 17.51 25.62 18.55
P/S 1.51 9.01 1.63
P/B 2.36 4.68 2.40
Price to free cash flow 32.17 34.63 32.17
EV/EBITDA 9.06 16.48 10.02
EV/Sales 1.46 7.93 2.00
Earnings yield 5.71% 3.90% 4.74%
Free cash flow yield 3.11% 2.89% 2.78%

Profitability

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 23.46% 47.61% 26.23%
Operating margin 12.07% 41.24% 14.50%
Net margin 8.63% 35.08% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 4.68% 26.01% 7.85%
Return on equity 14.54% 20.01% 8.83%
Return on assets 9.21% 18.42% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 13.54% 33.34% 6.51%

Growth

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.65%) 4.45% 5.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 62.76% 23.22% 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.33% 18.32% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 36.23% 36.61% 7.04%

Health

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.06 0.00 0.52
Current ratio 4.06 22.29 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA (0.41) (2.03) 1.62

Dividend

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield — 0.20% 0.86%
Payout ratio — 0.05 0.19

Size

Metric SMID USLM Building Materials median
Market cap 134.47m 3.43b 3.53b

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