BELDEN INC. vs WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES, INC, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BDC and WOR diverge most: on dividend yield, BDC reads 0.2% and WOR reads 1.2%; on operating margin, BDC reads 13.2% and WOR reads 3.8%. 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 WOR'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 | WOR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.23 | $62.35 |
| Market cap | $4.3B | $3.1B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +11.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.8 | 18.8 |
| P/B | 3.10 | 2.93 |
| P/S | 1.50 | 2.16 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 23.7 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +18.5% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 26.4% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 11.5% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 15.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 8.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | 4.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 6.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 2.67 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.74 | 3.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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