Trex Company, Inc. vs UFP INDUSTRIES, INC., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TREX and UFPI diverge most: on revenue growth, TREX reads +6.8% and UFPI reads -5.1%; on debt / equity, TREX reads 0.00 and UFPI reads 0.08. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TREX'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 | TREX | UFPI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.80 | $74.15 |
| Market cap | $4.6B | $4.1B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +7.1% |
| P/E | 26.5 | 17.0 |
| P/B | 4.54 | 1.34 |
| P/S | 3.80 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | -5.1% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 15.4% |
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 8.1% |
| Return on assets | 10.9% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.6% | 7.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 3.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.05 | 5.29 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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