Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS) vs ZK International Group Co., Ltd. (ZKIN)

Worthington Steel, Inc. and ZK International Group Co., Ltd. are both Steel companies. Worthington Steel, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $116.3M — 15.8× the size. Worthington Steel, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 69.1% against 27.4%. Worthington Steel, Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.72% vs −2.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.11% vs 0.00%). Across the 15 metrics below, Worthington Steel, Inc. leads on 8 and ZK International Group Co., Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
P/E n/m n/m 16.37
P/S 0.35 n/m 0.70
P/B 1.12 n/m 1.11
Price to free cash flow 22.44 n/m 22.44
EV/EBITDA 38.80 n/m 8.45
EV/Sales 0.72 0.06 0.79
Earnings yield (2.07%) (10.97%) 5.01%
Free cash flow yield 4.46% 0.00% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
Gross margin 10.37% 7.09% 13.96%
Operating margin 0.12% 0.00% 6.93%
Net margin (0.72%) (2.01%) 3.14%
Free cash flow margin 1.55% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (2.67%) 0.00% 3.23%
Return on assets (0.93%) 0.00% 1.83%
Return on invested capital 0.11% 0.00% 3.18%

Growth

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 69.13% 27.35% 15.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (92.24%) (25.04%) (18.80%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (3.88%) 7.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
Debt to equity 1.35 0.09 0.25
Current ratio 1.81 6.00 2.56
Net debt to EBITDA 2.15 (6.95) 0.10

Dividend

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
Dividend yield 1.74% — 1.19%
Payout ratio 1.81 — 0.36

Size

Metric WS ZKIN Steel median
Market cap 1.84b 116.34m 1.84b

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