Entegris, Inc. vs ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., two Plastics stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ENTG and WMS diverge most: on revenue growth, ENTG reads -0.1% and WMS reads +5.2%; on return on equity, ENTG reads 6.5% and WMS reads 22.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ENTG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What WMS'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 | ENTG | WMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $119.01 | $138.51 |
| Market cap | $18.2B | $10.9B |
| Sector | Plastics | Plastics |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.1% |
| P/E | 68.4 | 25.5 |
| P/B | 4.50 | 5.77 |
| P/S | 5.64 | 3.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.3 | 14.7 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1% | +5.2% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 7.9% |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 22.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.1% | 9.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | 13.9% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 0.87 |
| Current ratio | 3.21 | 2.42 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.88 | 4.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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