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 debt / equity, CRS reads 0.31 and HWM reads 0.79; on revenue growth, CRS reads +8.5% and HWM reads +17.9%. 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 | $385.93 | $225.15 |
| Market cap | $19.4B | $90.5B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 36.7 | 48.5 |
| P/B | 8.70 | 15.79 |
| P/S | 6.20 | 9.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.2 | 33.8 |
| Revenue growth | +8.5% | +17.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 27.9% |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 20.5% |
| Return on equity | 23.8% | 32.6% |
| Return on assets | 13.8% | 14.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 19.1% | 20.1% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.79 |
| Current ratio | 3.81 | 1.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.25 | 7.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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