CMT vs LCII vs WS Stock Comparison

Core Molding Technologies, Lci Industries and Worthington Steel Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LCII Lci Industries
$98.88 +15.8% 1M +9.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.40B
P/E
11.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
7 wins
WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$42.13 +18.3% 1M +32.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.00B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lci Industries leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Lci Industries 7, Worthington Steel 3, Core Molding Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMTLCIIWSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $192.21M $2.40B $2.00B LCII
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.2x 11.3x -52.3x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 47.9x 12.1x 11.0x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.9% +4.1% +69.1% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.9% 5.2% -0.7% LCII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.2% 9.7% 0.2% LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.5x 19.9x LCII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.9% +9.4% +32.4% WS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.4%/yr -6.7%/yr — CMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.3% 38.7% 47.2% LCII
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 70/100 34/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

CMTLCIIWS

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

AxisCMTLCIIWS
Valuation 84 #34 of 203 97 #7 of 203 60 #81 of 203
Growth 8 #173 of 188 58 #79 of 188 34 #125 of 188
Profitability 35 #119 of 183 62 #70 of 183 29 #131 of 183
Financial Health 69 #68 of 216 45 #119 of 216 11 #193 of 216
Shareholder Returns 75 #39 of 152 88 #19 of 152 38 #94 of 152
Overall 54 70 34
  • CMT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LCII ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMTLCIIWSSPY
1 month -0.4%+15.8%+18.3% +0.7%
3 months -4.3%-3.8%+20.0% +3.7%
6 months -16.5%-17.1%+9.6% +7.1%
Year to date +12.2%-18.5%+21.7% +12.8%
1 year +22.9%+9.4%+32.4% +11.9%
3 years -13.0%-7.0%— +85.2%
3 years, per year -4.5%-2.4%— +22.8%
5 years +104.5%-29.2%— +67.6%
5 years, per year +15.4%-6.7%— +10.9%
10 years +30.0%+11.9%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +2.7%+1.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCMTLCIIWSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.3%38.7%47.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.9%36.3%49.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.580.861.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.540.240.69 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.0%-53.5%-51.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.7%-37.1%-13.5% -1.2%
52-week high $28.35$157.13$48.69 $779.14
52-week low $17.56$78.16$28.10 $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.

MultipleCMTLCIIWS
P/E now vs peer median 26.3xmedian 25.8x 11.4xmedian 25.8x -55.0xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 0.6xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 14.6x 7.2xmedian 14.6x 41.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -23.2xmedian 22.2x 8.4xmedian 22.2x 46.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.2x 1.7xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.92median 1.45 0.30median 1.45 1.69median 1.45

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 monthsCMTLCIIWS
Revenue $254.42M $4.03B $5.30B
Gross profit $46.19M $1.03B $549.30M
Operating income $9.22M $301.92M $6.30M
Net income $7.35M $211.27M -$56.50M
Free cash flow -$8.30M $286.96M $46.70M
EPS (diluted) $0.84 $8.66 $-0.77
Cash & equivalents $12.13M $216.51M $248.20M
Total debt – $852.59M $2.20B
Shares (diluted) 8.71M 24.39M 50.00M
Enterprise value $76.12M $1.61B $1.49B

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
MetricCMTLCIIWS
P/E 26.3x 11.4x -55.0x
P/FCF -23.2x 8.4x 46.2x
P/Operating cash flow 11.6x 6.9x 10.7x
P/S 0.8x 0.6x 0.4x
P/B 1.2x 1.7x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 2.3x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 7.2x 41.9x
EV/EBIT 19.6x 10.1x 651.7x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.8x 0.8x
EV/FCF -21.7x 10.6x 87.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.8x 8.8x 20.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.92 0.30 1.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMTLCIIWS
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.9% 4.1% 69.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 0.1% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.4% 13.4% 36.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -9.9% 8.7% 13.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -26.4% 26.3% -95.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.0% 29.3% -65.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -21.5% 38.8% -144.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.3% 35.5% -34.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.3% 43.1% -132.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -28.5% 37.4% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -30.0% 1.9% 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -21.9% -13.1% -10.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -165.4% -3.4% 50.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -33.3% -12.9% -41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMTLCIIWS
Gross margin 18.2% 25.7% 10.4%
EBITDA margin 8.4% 10.5% 1.8%
Operating margin 3.6% 7.5% 0.1%
Pretax margin 3.7% 7.1% -0.2%
Net margin 2.9% 5.2% -0.7%
FCF margin -3.3% 7.1% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 8.6% 3.8%
Return on equity 4.6% 15.0% -4.0%
Return on assets 3.1% 6.5% -1.4%
Return on invested capital 4.2% 9.7% 0.2%
Return on capital employed 4.9% 11.4% 0.3%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.2x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.6x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.6% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMTLCIIWS
Debt / assets – 26.1% 36.5%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.5x 19.9x
Debt / FCF – 3.0x 47.0x
Liabilities / assets 29.2% 56.2% 72.8%
Equity / assets 70.8% 43.8% 27.2%
Interest coverage 56.6x – 0.5x
Current ratio 2.0x 2.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.16 3.23 1.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMTLCIIWS
Dividend yield – 4.7% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 1.7% 0.3% –
Shareholder yield 1.7% 4.9% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -57.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 70.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCMTLCIIWS
Forward P/E 47.9xFY2026 12.1xFY2026 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.47FY2026 $8.18FY2026 $3.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -69.1%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +314.9% +18.7% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $283.16MFY2026 $4.16BFY2026 $10.90BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.4%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.1% +4.9% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMTLCIIWS
Held by institutions 75.1% 100.0% 56.3%
Institutions holding 92 359 239
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% -3.1% +1.2%
Institutions buying 44 180 113
Institutions selling 26 123 68
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.46 1.66

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.

CMTLCIIWS
CMT 1.00 0.14 0.16
LCII 0.14 1.00 0.23
WS 0.16 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMT, LCII and WS?

Lci Industries (LCII) is the largest by market capitalisation: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) $192.21M, Lci Industries (LCII) $2.40B, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMT, LCII and WS?

Lci Industries (LCII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 26.2x, Lci Industries (LCII) 11.3x, Worthington Steel (WS) -52.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Worthington Steel (WS) is cheapest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 47.9x, Lci Industries (LCII) 12.1x, Worthington Steel (WS) 11.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Worthington Steel (WS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) -7.9%, Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest net margin (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 2.9%, Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 4.2%, Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Worthington Steel (WS) returned the most: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) +22.9%, Lci Industries (LCII) +9.4%, Worthington Steel (WS) +32.4%. Over five years, Core Molding Technologies (CMT) compounded fastest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) +15.4%/yr, Lci Industries (LCII) -6.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 0.00%, Lci Industries (LCII) 0.00%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.02%. Core Molding Technologies (CMT) and Lci Industries (LCII) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lci Industries (LCII) has been the steadiest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 42.3%, Lci Industries (LCII) 38.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMT, LCII and WS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lci Industries (LCII) leads on 7. 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.