ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. vs Entegris, Inc., two Plastics stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AWI and ENTG diverge most: on return on equity, AWI reads 35.7% and ENTG reads 7.3%; on return on assets, AWI reads 15.7% and ENTG reads 3.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AWI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ENTG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AWI | ENTG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $162.15 | $165.75 |
| Market cap | $6.9B | $25.5B |
| Sector | Plastics | Plastics |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +10.7% | — |
| P/E | 22.2 | 82.9 |
| P/B | 7.83 | 6.13 |
| P/S | 4.08 | 7.65 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1 | 40.4 |
| Revenue growth | +8.5% | +3.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.3% | 47.5% |
| Operating margin | 28.4% | 18.6% |
| Net margin | 18.6% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 35.7% | 7.3% |
| Return on assets | 15.7% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 6.0% |
| FCF yield | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.56 | 0.83 |
| Current ratio | 1.52 | 3.05 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.51 | 6.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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