HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. vs TERNIUM S.A., two Steel stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HWM and TX diverge most: on revenue growth, HWM reads +14.2% and TX reads -0.5%; on debt / equity, HWM reads 0.85 and TX reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HWM's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What TX'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 | HWM | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $270.83 | $44.26 |
| Market cap | $109.1B | $86.9B |
| Sector | Steel | Steel |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 62.8 | — |
| P/B | 19.77 | — |
| P/S | 12.66 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.0 | — |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | -0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.1% |
| Operating margin | 32.6% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | 20.2% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | 31.6% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | 13.3% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.5% | 2.0% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | — |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.85 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.44 | 2.49 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.65 | 7.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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