ATI vs LECO vs NEU Stock Comparison

Ati, Lincoln Electric Holdings and Newmarket Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ATI Ati Inc
$166.15 -10.4% 1M +81.2% 1Y
Market cap
$22.57B
P/E
47.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.72B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins
NEU Newmarket Corp
$875.69 -2.5% 1M +15.9% 1Y
Market cap
$7.94B
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Newmarket leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Newmarket 5, Lincoln Electric Holdings 4, Ati 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionATILECONEULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.57B $15.39B $7.94B ATI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 47.4x 26.8x 18.3x NEU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 34.8x 24.3x 19.6x NEU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% +11.1% -1.3% LECO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 12.4% 15.8% NEU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.9% 22.6% 15.5% LECO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.0x 1.1x LECO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% NEU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +81.2% +16.6% +15.9% ATI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +58.3%/yr +15.0%/yr +22.2%/yr ATI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.9% 30.8% 31.7% LECO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 54/100 71/100 NEU

Percentile Scorecard

ATILECONEU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisATILECONEU
Valuation 15 #80 of 94 36 #130 of 203 51 #47 of 94
Growth 89 #11 of 91 44 #106 of 188 50 #46 of 91
Profitability 91 #9 of 86 94 #12 of 183 95 #5 of 86
Financial Health 50 #48 of 95 44 #121 of 217 73 #26 of 95
Shareholder Returns 49 #36 of 70 54 #71 of 153 86 #11 of 70
Overall 59 54 71
  • ATI ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • LECO ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • NEU ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodATILECONEUSPY
1 month -10.4%+3.9%-2.5% -0.2%
3 months -11.2%+5.7%+11.7% +3.9%
6 months +9.5%+8.6%+28.3% +8.2%
Year to date +44.8%+17.8%+27.4% +12.9%
1 year +81.2%+16.6%+15.9% +12.3%
3 years +342.0%+63.5%+85.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +64.2%+17.8%+22.8% +23.3%
5 years +892.5%+101.1%+172.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +58.3%+15.0%+22.2% +10.9%
10 years +1,133.5%+331.4%+118.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +28.6%+15.7%+8.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureATILECONEUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.9%30.8%31.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.5%31.2%35.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.651.180.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.940.540.50 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.0%-35.3%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.3%-5.5%-9.0% -1.2%
52-week high $231.79$298.88$961.92 $779.14
52-week low $91.71$220.64$584.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleATILECONEU
P/E now vs peer median 47.6xmedian 22.0x 26.7xmedian 25.2x 18.5xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.4x 3.3xmedian 1.9x 2.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 12.4x 17.8xmedian 14.0x 13.0xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 43.0xmedian 15.1x 29.9xmedian 21.7x 17.0xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 1.6x 9.8xmedian 2.3x 4.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 5.37median 1.66 3.82median 1.32 2.08median 1.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsATILECONEU
Revenue $4.72B $4.64B $2.74B
Gross profit $1.10B $1.65B $863.73M
Operating income $716.80M $802.52M $547.60M
Net income $488.90M $575.27M $433.37M
Free cash flow $526.30M $511.89M $473.66M
R&D – – $128.57M
EPS (diluted) $3.44 $10.48 $47.32
Cash & equivalents $783.00M $283.24M $93.60M
Total debt $2.19B $1.15B $854.83M
Shares (diluted) 138.30M 54.87M 9.16M
Enterprise value $20.60B $14.26B $7.60B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricATILECONEU
P/E 47.6x 26.7x 18.5x
P/FCF 43.0x 29.9x 17.0x
P/Operating cash flow 28.1x 22.9x 14.0x
P/S 4.8x 3.3x 2.9x
P/B 11.3x 9.8x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 11.3x 9.8x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 27.0x 17.8x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 33.5x 20.1x 16.1x
EV/Revenue 5.1x 3.5x 3.2x
EV/FCF 45.7x 31.6x 18.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.8x 24.2x 15.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.37 3.82 2.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricATILECONEU
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% 11.1% -1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 4.5% -0.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.7% 7.7% -4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 5.5% 6.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.8% 12.9% -9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 7.0% 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.9% 9.6% -9.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 4.9% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.9% 11.0% -7.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 7.0% 8.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 69.9% 0.7% -1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 0.5% 18.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 123.6% -6.3% -9.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.6% 17.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricATILECONEU
Gross margin 23.4% 35.5% 31.5%
EBITDA margin 18.9% 19.5% 24.7%
Operating margin 15.2% 17.3% 20.0%
Pretax margin 12.7% 16.2% 20.8%
Net margin 10.1% 12.4% 15.8%
FCF margin 11.2% 11.0% 17.3%
Operating cash flow margin 17.1% 14.4% 20.9%
Return on equity 25.2% 37.0% 24.3%
Return on assets 8.9% 14.9% 12.2%
Return on invested capital 14.9% 22.6% 15.5%
Return on capital employed 17.6% 27.7% 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricATILECONEU
Debt / assets 38.2% 29.5% 23.6%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.7x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.0x 1.1x
Debt / FCF 4.2x 2.2x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 65.2% 60.1% 49.2%
Equity / assets 34.8% 39.9% 50.8%
Interest coverage – – 15.3x
Current ratio 2.3x 1.9x 2.3x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 5.43 7.74 4.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricATILECONEU
Dividend yield – 1.1% 1.4%
Net buyback yield 1.2% 1.8% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 1.2% 2.9% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 30.0% 25.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 33.7% 23.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.5% 9.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.3% 9.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusATILECONEU
Forward P/E 34.8xFY2026 24.3xFY2026 19.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $4.78FY2026 $11.62FY2026 $44.59FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +47.5%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026 +0.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +23.4% +0.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.24BFY2026 $4.84BFY2026 $2.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.2%FY2026 +14.5%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.3% +5.5% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersATILECONEU
Held by institutions 93.5% 81.3% 65.3%
Institutions holding 785 701 422
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +5.5% +3.9%
Institutions buying 478 297 218
Institutions selling 217 266 138
Buyers to sellers 2.20 1.12 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ATILECONEU
ATI 1.00 0.41 0.14
LECO 0.41 1.00 0.09
NEU 0.14 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ATI, LECO and NEU?

Ati (ATI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ati (ATI) $22.57B, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) $15.39B, Newmarket (NEU) $7.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, ATI, LECO and NEU?

Newmarket (NEU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ati (ATI) 47.4x, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 26.8x, Newmarket (NEU) 18.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Newmarket (NEU) is cheapest (Ati (ATI) 34.8x, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 24.3x, Newmarket (NEU) 19.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ati (ATI) +4.6%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +11.1%, Newmarket (NEU) -1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Newmarket (NEU) has the highest net margin (Ati (ATI) 10.1%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 12.4%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.8%). On return on invested capital, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) leads (Ati (ATI) 14.9%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 22.6%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ati (ATI) returned the most: Ati (ATI) +81.2%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +16.6%, Newmarket (NEU) +15.9%. Over five years, Ati (ATI) compounded fastest (Ati (ATI) +58.3%/yr, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +15.0%/yr, Newmarket (NEU) +22.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Newmarket (NEU) has the highest dividend yield: Ati (ATI) 0.00%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 0.01%, Newmarket (NEU) 0.01%. Ati (ATI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) has been the steadiest (Ati (ATI) 41.9%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 30.8%, Newmarket (NEU) 31.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ATI, LECO and NEU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Newmarket (NEU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.