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 p/e, ENTG reads 82.9 and WMS reads 21.8; on return on equity, ENTG reads 7.3% and WMS reads 24.8%. 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 | $165.75 | $125.91 |
| Market cap | $25.5B | $9.7B |
| Sector | Plastics | Plastics |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +20.3% |
| P/E | 82.9 | 21.8 |
| P/B | 6.13 | 5.33 |
| P/S | 7.65 | 3.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 40.4 | 12.4 |
| Revenue growth | +3.3% | +9.9% |
| Gross margin | 47.5% | 40.8% |
| Operating margin | 18.6% | 25.4% |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 7.3% | 24.8% |
| Return on assets | 3.6% | 10.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.83 | 0.89 |
| Current ratio | 3.05 | 2.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.92 | 3.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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