Gibraltar Industries vs Worthington Steel
ROCK and WS side by side, both in steel works, blast furnaces, and rolling and finishing mills. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ROCK and WS compare
Worthington Steel is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Gibraltar Industries ($2.0B against $969M).
Worthington Steel grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (69.1% versus 46.9% for Gibraltar Industries).
Worthington Steel keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −0.72% compared with −3.1% at Gibraltar Industries.
Worthington Steel pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Gibraltar Industries does not pay one.
Gibraltar Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 4 for Worthington Steel), 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.
| Metric | ROCK | WS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $969M | $2.0B |
| Share price | $32.64 | $39.46 |
| Change, 1 year | −46.8% | 24.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −56.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.18 | 1.71 |
| Employees | 2,300 | 5,400 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.6× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 2.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.0× (better) | 46.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 43.3× |
| FCF yield | −2.6% | 2.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $43.38 | $38.18 |
| Margin of safety | 24.8% (better) | −3.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 46.9% | 69.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.9% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1286% | −132% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −2188% | −132% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.2% (better) | 10.4% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% (better) | 0.12% |
| Net margin | −3.1% | −0.72% (better) |
| FCF margin | −1.6% | 0.88% (better) |
| Return on equity | −5.4% | −3.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.7% (better) | 0.23% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.37 (better) | 2.13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.62 (better) | 19.88 |
| Interest coverage | – | 0.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 1.81 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.60 (better) | 1.53 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 0.47% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.47% | 1.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 55.0% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 2.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.6M (better) | −$2.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.6% | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- ROCK stock overview
- ROCK income statement
- ROCK valuation and score
- WS stock overview
- WS income statement
- WS valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.