Alcoa Corp vs BELDEN INC., two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AA and BDC diverge most: on revenue growth, AA reads +0.2% and BDC reads +9.3%; on debt / equity, AA reads 0.02 and BDC reads 0.98. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AA's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What BDC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AA | BDC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.24 | $102.72 |
| Market cap | $11.8B | $4.0B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.7% |
| P/E | 11.3 | 17.3 |
| P/B | 1.72 | 3.15 |
| P/S | 0.93 | 1.45 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.5 | 11.1 |
| Revenue growth | +0.2% | +9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 37.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 8.5% |
| Return on equity | 15.2% | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 10.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| Current ratio | 1.48 | 2.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.63 | 7.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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