CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION vs HOWMET AEROSPACE INC., two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CRS and HWM diverge most: on revenue growth, CRS reads +4.0% and HWM reads +14.2%; on debt / equity, CRS reads 0.33 and HWM reads 0.85. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CRS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What HWM'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 | CRS | HWM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $519.82 | $282.40 |
| Market cap | $26.1B | $113.8B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 54.7 | 65.5 |
| P/B | 12.65 | 20.61 |
| P/S | 8.63 | 13.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.5 | 44.8 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +14.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 23.0% | 32.6% |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 20.2% |
| Return on equity | 23.2% | 31.6% |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 13.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.5% | 18.5% |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 3.73 | 2.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.22 | 7.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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