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CSW Industrials vs Fuller H B

CSW and FUL side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How CSW and FUL compare

CSW Industrials is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Fuller H B ($4.6B against $2.7B).

On earnings, Fuller H B is cheaper: it trades at 13.7× trailing earnings, against 36.4× for CSW Industrials.

CSW Industrials grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (30.0% versus 1.5% for Fuller H B).

CSW Industrials keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.2% compared with 5.6% at Fuller H B.

Both pay dividends: CSW Industrials yields 0.31% and Fuller H B 2.0%.

Fuller H B scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 10 for CSW Industrials), 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.

MetricCSWFUL
Size and price
Market cap$4.6B$2.7B
Share price$283.04$49.29
Change, 1 year15.5%−14.8%
Change, 5 years105%−35.6%
Beta (5Y)1.010.95
Employees2,7007,100
StockData Score
Total score1018 (better)
Valuation score06 (better)
Growth score23 (better)
Performance score23 (better)
Health score3 (better)2
Dividend score34 (better)
Valuation
P/E36.4×13.7× (better)
P/S3.7×0.7× (better)
P/B–1.2×
EV/EBITDA25.2×7.9× (better)
P/FCF26.0× (better)26.5×
PEG13.89–
FCF yield3.8% (better)3.8%
Fair value$208.91$102.06
Margin of safety−35.5%51.7% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)30.0% (better)1.5%
Revenue growth, 5Y average20.9% (better)4.5%
Net income growth (TTM)−11.2%72.2% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−8.7%71.8% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average20.4% (better)3.1%
Profitability
Gross margin42.1% (better)32.3%
Operating margin16.9%–
Net margin10.2% (better)5.6%
FCF margin14.2% (better)2.8%
Return on equity–9.6%
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.95
Net debt / EBITDA3.433.35 (better)
Current ratio2.35 (better)1.82
Altman Z-score3.88 (better)1.85
Piotroski F-score37 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.31%2.0% (better)
Payout ratio14.7%26.2%
Years of dividend growth–16
Dividend growth, 5Y average–7.4%
Buyback yield3.2% (better)1.8%
Shareholder yield3.5%3.8% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions101%104%
Held by insiders1.4%0.65%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$8.7M$853K (better)
Short interest, % of float6.3%4.1%

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