CSTE vs MAS vs MHK Stock Comparison

Caesarstone, Masco and Mohawk Industries Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CSTE Caesarstone Ltd.
$1.65 -42.5% 1M +46.0% 1Y
Market cap
$57.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$381.81M
Div. yield
–
Building Products Industrials
1 win
MAS Masco Corp /De/
$83.51 +22.2% 1M +29.0% 1Y
Market cap
$16.10B
P/E
17.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.67B
Div. yield
1.52%
Building Products Industrials
5 wins
MHK Mohawk Industries Inc
$148.65 +17.6% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.07B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.21B
Div. yield
–
Building Products Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Masco leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Masco 5, Mohawk Industries 4, Caesarstone 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSTEMASMHKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.05M $16.10B $10.07B MAS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.4x 17.7x 17.4x MHK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.4x 14.2x MHK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.0% +0.9% +4.5% MHK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -37.4% 12.1% 4.6% MAS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 35.3% 5.2% MAS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.52% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +46.0% +29.0% +30.8% CSTE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.0%/yr +5.4%/yr -3.5%/yr MAS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 109.8% 35.9% 41.9% MAS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 16/100 58/100 76/100 MHK

Percentile Scorecard

CSTEMASMHK

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

AxisCSTEMASMHK
Valuation 33 #37 of 55 70 #17 of 55 94 #4 of 55
Growth 8 #47 of 51 40 #31 of 51 68 #17 of 51
Profitability 8 #47 of 51 90 #6 of 51 50 #26 of 51
Financial Health 14 #51 of 59 41 #35 of 59 79 #13 of 59
Shareholder Returns – 50 #21 of 41 90 #5 of 41
Overall 16 58 76
  • CSTE ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • MAS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • MHK ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCSTEMASMHKSPY
1 month -42.5%+22.2%+17.6% -2.3%
3 months -24.3%+11.7%+11.8% -0.7%
6 months +29.9%+21.9%+56.6% +4.8%
Year to date -11.3%+31.6%+36.0% +10.3%
1 year +46.0%+29.0%+30.8% +10.3%
3 years -59.6%+51.6%+74.9% +73.0%
3 years, per year -26.1%+14.9%+20.5% +20.1%
5 years -87.5%+30.2%-16.4% +61.9%
5 years, per year -34.0%+5.4%-3.5% +10.1%
10 years -94.4%+183.8%-16.8% +258.6%
10 years, per year -25.1%+11.0%-1.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCSTEMASMHKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 109.8%35.9%41.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 114.9%33.5%36.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.631.071.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.420.810.74 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-38.9%-59.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.7%0.0%0.0% -3.5%
52-week high $3.56$83.51$148.65 $779.14
52-week low $0.62$58.60$94.33 $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.

MultipleCSTEMASMHK
P/E now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 21.6x 17.7xmedian 21.6x 17.4xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 1.6x 2.1xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 13.2x —median 13.2x 8.6xmedian 13.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.2xmedian 17.4x 15.4xmedian 17.4x 11.3xmedian 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.9x -35.9xmedian 2.9x 1.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 1.00 2.04median 1.00 0.39median 1.00

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 monthsCSTEMASMHK
Revenue $381.81M $7.67B $11.21B
Gross profit $75.22M $2.88B $2.77B
Operating income -$127.93M $1.37B $621.50M
Net income -$142.69M $977.00M $518.50M
Free cash flow -$13.44M $1.04B $891.50M
R&D $5.62M – –
EPS (diluted) $-4.13 $4.72 $8.51
Cash & equivalents – $610.00M $816.80M
Total debt – $3.25B $1.78B
Shares (diluted) 34.57M 196.00M 60.90M
Enterprise value $57.05M $14.16B $6.68B

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
MetricCSTEMASMHK
P/E -0.4x 17.7x 17.4x
P/FCF -4.2x 15.4x 11.3x
P/Operating cash flow -3.2x 13.4x 7.4x
P/S 0.1x 2.1x 0.9x
P/B 0.6x -35.9x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 0.6x -25.4x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA -0.5x – 8.6x
EV/EBIT -0.4x 13.7x 17.8x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 2.4x 1.0x
EV/FCF -4.2x 18.0x 12.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.2x 15.5x 8.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 2.04 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSTEMASMHK
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.0% 0.9% 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.6% -1.4% 0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.6% 6.4% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 1.8% 1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -135.1% 6.2% 14.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.8% 2.2% 52.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -136.2% 11.8% 24.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 3.4% 43.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -136.0% 19.4% 26.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 8.7% 44.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -52.4% 19.3% 36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.6% -1.1% 2.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3,032% 23.3% 51.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -32.2% 2.1% 5.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSTEMASMHK
Gross margin 19.7% 37.6% 24.7%
EBITDA margin -30.7% – 11.5%
Operating margin -33.5% 17.9% 5.5%
Pretax margin -36.3% 16.7% 5.4%
Net margin -37.4% 12.1% 4.6%
FCF margin -3.5% 13.6% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin -4.7% 15.7% 12.1%
Return on equity -129.4% – 6.2%
Return on assets -39.5% 18.2% 3.8%
Return on invested capital – 35.3% 5.2%
Return on capital employed -58.0% 36.9% 5.9%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.4x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.2x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSTEMASMHK
Debt / assets – 60.8% 13.3%
Debt / equity – -7.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 3.1x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 71.1% 108.4% 38.2%
Equity / assets 28.9% -8.4% 61.8%
Interest coverage – 12.8x 62.2x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio – 1.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio – 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 0.27 4.02 3.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSTEMASMHK
Dividend yield – 1.5% –
Net buyback yield – 6.5% 4.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 8.0% 4.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 26.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 24.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -1.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -0.1% –

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.

ConsensusCSTEMASMHK
Forward P/E – 17.4xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.97FY2026 $4.79FY2026 $10.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +21.0%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -7.5% -9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $420.48MFY2026 $7.23BFY2026 $11.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026 +8.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +15.5% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSTEMASMHK
Held by institutions 5.9% 100.0% 88.0%
Institutions holding 36 923 492
Change in shares held, QoQ -22.3% +0.7% -0.9%
Institutions buying 7 498 273
Institutions selling 14 289 155
Buyers to sellers 0.50 1.72 1.76

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.

CSTEMASMHK
CSTE 1.00 0.02 0.11
MAS 0.02 1.00 0.72
MHK 0.11 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSTE, MAS and MHK?

Masco (MAS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caesarstone (CSTE) $57.05M, Masco (MAS) $16.10B, Mohawk Industries (MHK) $10.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSTE, MAS and MHK?

Mohawk Industries (MHK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caesarstone (CSTE) -0.4x, Masco (MAS) 17.7x, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 17.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mohawk Industries (MHK) is cheapest (Masco (MAS) 17.4x, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mohawk Industries (MHK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caesarstone (CSTE) -6.0%, Masco (MAS) +0.9%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) +4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Masco (MAS) has the highest net margin (Caesarstone (CSTE) -37.4%, Masco (MAS) 12.1%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 4.6%). On return on invested capital, Masco (MAS) leads (Masco (MAS) 35.3%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Caesarstone (CSTE) returned the most: Caesarstone (CSTE) +46.0%, Masco (MAS) +29.0%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) +30.8%. Over five years, Masco (MAS) compounded fastest (Caesarstone (CSTE) -34.0%/yr, Masco (MAS) +5.4%/yr, Mohawk Industries (MHK) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Caesarstone (CSTE) 0.00%, Masco (MAS) 1.52%. Caesarstone (CSTE) and Mohawk Industries (MHK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Masco (MAS) has been the steadiest (Caesarstone (CSTE) 109.8%, Masco (MAS) 35.9%, Mohawk Industries (MHK) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSTE, MAS and MHK?

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