BELDEN INC. vs CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BDC and CRS diverge most: on p/s, BDC reads 1.50 and CRS reads 6.20; on debt / equity, BDC reads 0.89 and CRS reads 0.31. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BDC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What CRS'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 | BDC | CRS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.23 | $385.93 |
| Market cap | $4.3B | $19.4B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +11.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.8 | 36.7 |
| P/B | 3.10 | 8.70 |
| P/S | 1.50 | 6.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 23.2 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +8.5% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 31.6% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 24.3% |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 17.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 13.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | 19.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 3.81 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.74 | 8.25 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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