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Armstrong World Industries vs Myers Industries

AWI and MYE side by side, both in miscellaneous plastics products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How AWI and MYE compare

Armstrong World Industries is the larger company, worth 7.0 times as much as Myers Industries ($7.4B against $1.1B).

On earnings, Armstrong World Industries is cheaper: it trades at 23.5× trailing earnings, against 36.9× for Myers Industries.

Myers Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.8% versus 9.1% for Armstrong World Industries).

Armstrong World Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.4% compared with 3.3% at Myers Industries.

Both pay dividends: Armstrong World Industries yields 0.58% and Myers Industries 1.9%.

Armstrong World Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 12 for Myers Industries), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricAWIMYE
Size and price
Market cap$7.4B$1.1B
Share price$175.74$28.07
Change, 1 year−6.8%56.9%
Change, 5 years56.8%37.0%
Beta (5Y)0.900.77
Employees2,5002,200
StockData Score
Total score18 (better)12
Valuation score2 (better)1
Growth score23 (better)
Performance score5 (better)2
Health score5 (better)2
Dividend score44
Valuation
P/E23.5× (better)36.9×
P/S4.2×1.2× (better)
P/B8.2×3.5× (better)
EV/EBITDA13.5×11.9× (better)
P/FCF33.7×13.0× (better)
PEG1.34–
FCF yield3.0%7.7% (better)
Fair value$188.16$23.99
Margin of safety6.6% (better)−17.0%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)9.1%24.8% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average11.6% (better)10.1%
Net income growth (TTM)5.1% (better)2.8%
EPS growth (TTM)7.3% (better)2.7%
EPS growth, 5Y average–−1.8%
Profitability
Gross margin39.8% (better)33.9%
Operating margin25.8% (better)10.7%
Net margin18.4% (better)3.3%
FCF margin12.5% (better)9.5%
Return on equity36.0% (better)9.7%
Return on invested capital27.3% (better)12.5%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.53 (better)0.96
Net debt / EBITDA0.69 (better)2.19
Interest coverage14.9×–
Current ratio1.451.89 (better)
Altman Z-score7.08 (better)2.89
Piotroski F-score9 (better)6
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.58%1.9% (better)
Payout ratio18.4%71.4%
Years of dividend growth7 (better)0
Dividend growth, 5Y average9.3% (better)0.00%
Buyback yield3.6% (better)−0.07%
Shareholder yield4.2% (better)1.9%
Ownership
Held by institutions104%97.2%
Held by insiders1.6%10.3%
Insider net buying, 12 months$100.0K (better)$0
Superinvestors holding2–
Short interest, % of float3.5%4.7%

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