Eastern vs Simpson Manufacturing
EML and SSD side by side, both in cutlery, handtools, and general hardware. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How EML and SSD compare
Simpson Manufacturing is the larger company, worth 42 times as much as Eastern ($8.1B against $192M).
On earnings, Eastern is cheaper: it trades at 17.6× trailing earnings, against 21.4× for Simpson Manufacturing.
Simpson Manufacturing grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.4% versus −0.58% for Eastern).
Simpson Manufacturing keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.6% compared with 4.3% at Eastern.
Both pay dividends: Eastern yields 1.4% and Simpson Manufacturing 0.60%.
Simpson Manufacturing scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 14 for Eastern), 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 | EML | SSD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $192M | $8.1B |
| Share price | $31.87 | $198.01 |
| Change, 1 year | 61.6% | 17.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 30.1% | 66.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.93 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 1,246 | 3,337 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 17.6× (better) | 21.4× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 3.3× |
| P/B | 1.4× (better) | 3.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× | 12.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 23.9× | 16.4× (better) |
| PEG | – | 10.59 |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 6.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $29.16 | $172.40 |
| Margin of safety | −9.3% (better) | −14.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.58% | 5.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% | 13.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 49.9% (better) | 10.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 52.1% (better) | 12.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −7.8% | 14.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 45.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 20.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 15.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.2% | 20.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 18.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | 22.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.01 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.80 (better) | −0.79 |
| Interest coverage | 4.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.73 | 3.37 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.39 | 7.60 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.4% (better) | 0.60% |
| Payout ratio | 24.3% | 12.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | 4.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.83% | 2.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 74.0% | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 27.1% | 0.41% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $984K (better) | −$1.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.8% | 3.9% |
Go deeper
- EML stock overview
- EML income statement
- EML valuation and score
- SSD stock overview
- SSD income statement
- SSD valuation and score
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