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Graham vs Twin Disc

GHM and TWIN side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How GHM and TWIN compare

Graham is the larger company, worth 2.8 times as much as Twin Disc ($979M against $351M).

On earnings, Twin Disc is cheaper: it trades at 11.2× trailing earnings, against 72.5× for Graham.

Graham grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.2% versus 12.1% for Twin Disc).

Twin Disc keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.0% compared with 5.0% at Graham.

Twin Disc pays a dividend yielding 0.71%; Graham does not pay one.

Twin Disc scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 15 for Graham), 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.

MetricGHMTWIN
Size and price
Market cap$979M$351M
Share price$83.42$24.11
Change, 1 year37.0%51.5%
Change, 5 years540%82.0%
Beta (5Y)1.110.97
Employees732–
StockData Score
Total score1519 (better)
Valuation score15 (better)
Growth score5 (better)2
Performance score3 (better)2
Health score66
Dividend score04 (better)
Valuation
P/E72.5×11.2× (better)
P/S3.7×0.9× (better)
P/B4.9×1.6× (better)
EV/EBITDA35.0×10.7× (better)
P/FCF33.9×13.5× (better)
PEG0.31 (better)0.32
FCF yield3.0%7.4% (better)
Fair value$59.30$37.89
Margin of safety−40.7%36.4% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)16.2% (better)12.1%
Revenue growth, 5Y average20.3% (better)11.8%
Net income growth (TTM)−2.2%1903% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−6.5%1855% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average36.1%–
Profitability
Gross margin25.0%26.9% (better)
Operating margin6.0% (better)5.2%
Net margin5.0%8.0% (better)
FCF margin10.9% (better)6.6%
Return on equity8.2%16.3% (better)
Return on invested capital11.5% (better)4.8%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.000.18 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA−2.760.38 (better)
Interest coverage–7.5×
Current ratio1.242.46 (better)
Altman Z-score4.47 (better)3.40
Piotroski F-score45 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–0.71%
Payout ratio–7.9%
Years of dividend growth–0
Buyback yield−5.2%–
Shareholder yield−5.2%0.71% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions91.0%64.6%
Held by insiders6.3%8.6%
Insider net buying, 12 months–−$418K
Short interest, % of float8.4%3.0%

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