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 1.4%; on debt / equity, BDC reads 0.89 and WOR reads 0.30. 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 | $123.85 | $56.21 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $2.8B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.0% | — |
| P/E | 20.1 | 17.9 |
| P/B | 3.51 | 2.72 |
| P/S | 1.70 | 2.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 23.0 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +19.7% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 27.4% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 6.2% |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 11.3% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 15.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | 4.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.89 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 2.37 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.74 | 3.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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