CMT vs ROK vs TS Stock Comparison

Core Molding Technologies, Rockwell Automation and Tenaris Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc
$429.70 -1.0% 1M +20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$48.98B
P/E
40.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.97B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins
TS Tenaris Sa
$59.32 +6.9% 1M +65.7% 1Y
Market cap
$63.35B
P/E
33.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 8, Rockwell Automation 2, Core Molding Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMTROKTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $194.57M $48.98B $63.35B TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.5x 40.8x 33.1x CMT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 48.1x 34.4x 14.9x TS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.9% +11.3% +2.3% ROK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.9% 13.4% 15.9% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.2% 21.0% 12.7% ROK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.3x -3.1x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.3% +20.5% +65.7% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.7%/yr +6.5%/yr +21.5%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.2% 31.3% 29.0% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 54/100 58/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

CMTROKTS

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

AxisCMTROKTS
Valuation 81 #40 of 203 15 #173 of 203 41 #120 of 203
Growth 7 #174 of 187 52 #91 of 187 18 #154 of 187
Profitability 36 #119 of 185 95 #11 of 185 80 #37 of 185
Financial Health 69 #68 of 219 33 #148 of 219 99 #4 of 219
Shareholder Returns 72 #43 of 153 75 #39 of 153 52 #74 of 153
Overall 53 54 58
  • CMT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • ROK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMTROKTSSPY
1 month -2.4%-1.0%+6.9% -0.8%
3 months -7.8%-7.8%+5.2% +3.5%
6 months -18.5%+5.6%-6.1% +7.0%
Year to date +12.8%+10.4%+54.3% +12.2%
1 year +18.3%+20.5%+65.7% +13.0%
3 years -12.2%+64.0%+88.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -4.3%+17.9%+23.6% +23.1%
5 years +98.9%+37.0%+164.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +14.7%+6.5%+21.5% +11.0%
10 years +26.7%+256.2%+108.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.4%+13.5%+7.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCMTROKTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.2%31.3%29.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.6%31.8%29.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.591.400.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.430.662.27 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.0%-45.6%-33.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.2%-13.2%-7.3% -1.8%
52-week high $28.35$495.08$64.02 $779.14
52-week low $17.56$348.51$37.11 $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.

MultipleCMTROKTS
P/E now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 26.0x 39.7xmedian 26.0x 32.8xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 14.0x 24.1xmedian 14.0x 19.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -23.3xmedian 21.4x 31.7xmedian 21.4x 22.8xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.2x 13.6xmedian 2.2x 3.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.93median 1.26 -9.05median 1.26 —median 1.26

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 monthsCMTROKTS
Revenue $254.42M $8.97B $12.04B
Gross profit $46.19M $4.41B $4.08B
Operating income $9.22M $1.77B $2.23B
Net income $7.35M $1.20B $1.97B
Free cash flow -$8.30M $1.50B $2.78B
R&D – $716.00M –
EPS (diluted) $0.84 $10.76 –
Cash & equivalents $12.13M $479.00M $9.02B
Total debt – $13.81B $1.27B
Shares (diluted) 8.71M 111.60M –
Enterprise value $78.48M $47.17B $34.38B

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
MetricCMTROKTS
P/E 26.4x 39.7x 32.8x
P/FCF -23.3x 31.7x 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow 11.6x 27.6x 28.4x
P/S 0.8x 5.3x 5.3x
P/B 1.2x 13.6x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 17.1x 3.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.5x 24.1x 19.2x
EV/EBIT 19.7x 28.5x 24.6x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 5.6x 4.6x
EV/FCF -21.9x 33.6x 19.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 29.2x 24.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.93 -9.05 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMTROKTS
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.9% 11.3% 2.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 1.3% -6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.4% 1.9% 2.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -9.9% 7.5% -13.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -26.4% -7.1% 0.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.0% 2.9% -20.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -21.5% 23.8% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.3% -5.5% -18.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.3% 25.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -28.5% -4.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -30.0% 13.8% -11.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -21.9% 22.8% -9.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -165.4% 13.9% -13.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -33.3% 23.6% -7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMTROKTS
Gross margin 18.2% 49.1% 33.9%
EBITDA margin 8.4% 23.3% 23.7%
Operating margin 3.6% 19.7% 18.5%
Pretax margin 3.7% 14.7% 20.5%
Net margin 2.9% 13.4% 15.9%
FCF margin -3.3% 16.8% 23.1%
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 19.3% 18.6%
Return on equity 4.6% 30.9% 11.4%
Return on assets 3.1% 9.8% 9.7%
Return on invested capital 4.2% 21.0% 12.7%
Return on capital employed 4.9% 23.6% 11.0%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.8x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMTROKTS
Debt / assets – 29.4% 1.5%
Debt / equity – 0.9x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.3x -3.1x
Debt / FCF – 2.2x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 29.2% 68.5% 15.2%
Equity / assets 70.8% 31.5% 84.8%
Interest coverage 56.6x 12.8x 45.4x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.1x –
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.7x 70.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 58.2x
Altman Z-score 4.17 5.88 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMTROKTS
Dividend yield – 1.3% 3.0%
Net buyback yield 1.6% 1.5% -1.5%
Shareholder yield 1.6% 2.8% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
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.

ConsensusCMTROKTS
Forward P/E 48.1xFY2026 34.4xFY2026 14.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.47FY2026 $12.50FY2026 $3.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -69.1%FY2026 +18.7%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +314.9% +12.3% +1.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $283.16MFY2026 $8.50BFY2026 $12.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.4%FY2026 +1.9%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.1% +19.4% -6.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMTROKTS
Held by institutions 75.1% 89.2% 3.6%
Institutions holding 92 1,540 283
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +3.5% -2.4%
Institutions buying 44 805 154
Institutions selling 26 437 78
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.84 1.97

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.

CMTROKTS
CMT 1.00 0.05 0.09
ROK 0.05 1.00 0.17
TS 0.09 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMT, ROK and TS?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) $194.57M, Rockwell Automation (ROK) $48.98B, Tenaris (TS) $63.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMT, ROK and TS?

Core Molding Technologies (CMT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 26.5x, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 40.8x, Tenaris (TS) 33.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tenaris (TS) is cheapest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 48.1x, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 34.4x, Tenaris (TS) 14.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Rockwell Automation (ROK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) -7.9%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +11.3%, Tenaris (TS) +2.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 2.9%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 13.4%, Tenaris (TS) 15.9%). On return on invested capital, Rockwell Automation (ROK) leads (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 4.2%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 21.0%, Tenaris (TS) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Core Molding Technologies (CMT) +18.3%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +20.5%, Tenaris (TS) +65.7%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) +14.7%/yr, Rockwell Automation (ROK) +6.5%/yr, Tenaris (TS) +21.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Core Molding Technologies (CMT) 42.2%, Rockwell Automation (ROK) 31.3%, Tenaris (TS) 29.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMT, ROK and TS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tenaris (TS) leads on 8. 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.