CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION vs MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC, two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CRS and MLI diverge most: on debt / equity, CRS reads 0.33 and MLI reads 0.00; on dividend yield, CRS reads 0.1% and MLI reads 0.8%. 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 MLI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CRS | MLI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $519.82 | $66.46 |
| Market cap | $26.1B | $14.7B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +7.3% |
| P/E | 54.7 | 17.3 |
| P/B | 12.65 | 4.11 |
| P/S | 8.63 | 3.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.5 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +14.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 23.0% | 21.7% |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 18.3% |
| Return on equity | 23.2% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 20.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.5% | 23.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.73 | 4.78 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.22 | 9.34 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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