BSIN vs LIN vs NUE Stock Comparison

Big Sky Industrial, Linde and Nucor Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BSIN Big Sky Industrial Inc.
$1.56 +11.4% 1M +31.1% 1Y
Market cap
$80.42M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$6.87M
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win
LIN Linde Plc
$503.15 +6.3% 1M +16.5% 1Y
Market cap
$236.09B
P/E
33.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.24B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Gases Basic Materials
4 wins
NUE Nucor Corp
$275.05 +16.4% 1M +78.1% 1Y
Market cap
$61.81B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.83B
Div. yield
–
Steel Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Nucor leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Nucor 6, Linde 4, Big Sky Industrial 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBSINLINNUELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $80.42M $236.09B $61.81B LIN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -7.5x 33.7x 17.2x NUE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 30.1x 13.7x NUE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -48.7% +8.2% +21.8% NUE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -155.3% 19.3% — LIN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -25.6% 10.3% — LIN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 1.8x — BSIN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +31.1% +16.5% +78.1% NUE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.0%/yr +9.5%/yr +19.8%/yr NUE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.6% 19.0% 31.5% LIN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 24/100 57/100 73/100 NUE

Percentile Scorecard

BSINLINNUE

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

AxisBSINLINNUE
Valuation 8 #91 of 99 20 #75 of 94 85 #26 of 163
Growth 20 #78 of 97 55 #42 of 92 61 #59 of 148
Profitability 8 #88 of 96 94 #6 of 86 86 #18 of 123
Financial Health 73 #28 of 102 49 #48 of 93 –
Shareholder Returns 8 #71 of 77 67 #24 of 71 60 #44 of 108
Overall 24 57 73
  • BSIN ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • LIN ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • NUE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBSINLINNUESPY
1 month +11.4%+6.3%+16.4% +0.7%
3 months +39.3%-1.1%+7.0% +3.7%
6 months +43.1%+0.4%+22.1% +7.1%
Year to date +69.6%+18.0%+68.6% +12.8%
1 year +31.1%+16.5%+78.1% +11.9%
3 years +9.1%+32.8%+84.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.9%+9.9%+22.7% +22.8%
5 years -58.1%+57.6%+146.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -16.0%+9.5%+19.8% +10.9%
10 years -90.4%+328.4%+477.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year -20.9%+15.7%+19.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBSINLINNUESPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.6%19.0%31.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.2%19.3%31.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.670.050.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.420.872.48 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.2%-23.7%-48.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.5%-8.0%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $1.65$546.64$275.05 $779.14
52-week low $0.69$389.38$142.66 $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.

MultipleBSINLINNUE
P/E now vs peer median -7.7xmedian 11.9x 33.1xmedian 21.0x 17.5xmedian 13.2x
P/S now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 2.0x 6.4xmedian 1.4x 1.6xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -10.1xmedian 5.9x 19.5xmedian 12.9x —median 7.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -18.8xmedian 10.0x 45.5xmedian 15.5x 34.5xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.5x 5.6xmedian 1.7x —median 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.06median 1.36 4.39median 1.68 -2.24median 0.30

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 monthsBSINLINNUE
Revenue $6.87M $36.24B $38.83B
Gross profit – $17.35B –
Operating income -$10.56M $9.16B –
Net income -$10.67M $7.03B $4.05B
Free cash flow -$4.35M $5.08B –
R&D $406.00K $147.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.20 $15.15 $15.74
Cash & equivalents $5.99M $3.95B $3.47B
Total debt $4.50M $26.70B –
Shares (diluted) 52.39M 462.51M 228.50M
Enterprise value $61.40M $218.23B $61.81B

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
MetricBSINLINNUE
P/E -7.7x 33.1x 17.5x
P/FCF -18.8x 45.5x 34.5x
P/Operating cash flow -19.2x 21.6x 11.7x
P/S 11.9x 6.4x 1.6x
P/B 2.2x 5.6x –
P/Tangible book 2.2x 7.8x –
EV/EBITDA -10.1x 19.5x –
EV/EBIT -7.6x 27.7x –
EV/Revenue 11.7x 7.0x 1.6x
EV/FCF -18.4x 49.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow -18.8x 23.7x 11.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.06 4.39 -2.24

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBSINLINNUE
Revenue growth (1Y) -48.7% 8.2% 21.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -43.7% 3.7% 2.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 58.2% -0.2% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -32.3% 6.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 54.2% -0.8% 106.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -93.9% 5.1% -9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 71.4% 0.7% 119.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -132.5% 7.5% -7.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -128.5% 5.7% 68.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.6% 7.3% -13.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.1% 0.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% -0.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBSINLINNUE
Gross margin – 47.9% –
EBITDA margin -116.0% 35.8% –
Operating margin -153.7% 25.3% –
Pretax margin -155.2% 25.2% –
Net margin -155.3% 19.3% –
FCF margin -63.4% 14.0% –
Operating cash flow margin -62.1% 29.6% 13.7%
Return on equity -28.3% 17.5% –
Return on assets -19.2% 8.1% 10.7%
Return on invested capital -25.6% 10.3% –
Return on capital employed -21.5% 12.6% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 1.5x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 27.7% 0.4% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBSINLINNUE
Debt / assets 8.0% 30.3% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 1.8x –
Debt / FCF -1.0x 5.3x –
Liabilities / assets 33.8% 53.5% 37.2%
Equity / assets 66.2% 46.5% –
Interest coverage – 35.5x –
Current ratio 1.2x 0.9x 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.3x –
Altman Z-score -3.31 3.98 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBSINLINNUE
Dividend yield – 1.3% 0.8%
Net buyback yield -21.0% 1.7% –
Shareholder yield -21.0% 3.0% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 57.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.9% –

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.

ConsensusBSINLINNUE
Forward P/E – 30.1xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.21FY2026 $16.73FY2026 $20.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +1.7%FY2026 +160.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +14.2% +6.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.79MFY2026 $38.84BFY2026 $39.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.6%FY2026 +14.3%FY2026 +22.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +149.4% -4.2% +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBSINLINNUE
Held by institutions 14.7% 85.2% 79.2%
Institutions holding 39 2,323 1,542
Change in shares held, QoQ +63.3% +4.2% +2.2%
Institutions buying 28 1,214 751
Institutions selling 4 765 517
Buyers to sellers 7.00 1.59 1.45

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.

BSINLINNUE
BSIN 1.00 -0.03 0.01
LIN -0.03 1.00 0.12
NUE 0.01 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BSIN, LIN and NUE?

Linde (LIN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) $80.42M, Linde (LIN) $236.09B, Nucor (NUE) $61.81B.

Which stock is cheaper, BSIN, LIN and NUE?

Nucor (NUE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -7.5x, Linde (LIN) 33.7x, Nucor (NUE) 17.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nucor (NUE) is cheapest (Linde (LIN) 30.1x, Nucor (NUE) 13.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nucor (NUE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -48.7%, Linde (LIN) +8.2%, Nucor (NUE) +21.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Linde (LIN) has the highest net margin (Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -155.3%, Linde (LIN) 19.3%). On return on invested capital, Linde (LIN) leads (Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -25.6%, Linde (LIN) 10.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nucor (NUE) returned the most: Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) +31.1%, Linde (LIN) +16.5%, Nucor (NUE) +78.1%. Over five years, Nucor (NUE) compounded fastest (Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) -16.0%/yr, Linde (LIN) +9.5%/yr, Nucor (NUE) +19.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) 0.00%, Linde (LIN) 0.01%, Nucor (NUE) 0.00%. Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) and Nucor (NUE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Linde (LIN) has been the steadiest (Big Sky Industrial (BSIN) 74.6%, Linde (LIN) 19.0%, Nucor (NUE) 31.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BSIN, LIN and NUE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nucor (NUE) leads on 6. 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.