CSTE vs OTIS vs WMS Stock Comparison

Caesarstone, Otis Worldwide and Advanced Drainage Systems Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSTE Caesarstone Ltd.
$2.35 -20.1% 1M +85.0% 1Y
Market cap
$84.35M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$381.81M
Div. yield
–
Building Products Industrials
2 wins
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp
$75.26 +14.1% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$28.39B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.91B
Div. yield
0.02%
Building Products Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Otis Worldwide leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Otis Worldwide 6, Advanced Drainage Systems 4, Caesarstone 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSTEOTISWMSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $84.35M $28.39B $10.02B OTIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.6x 18.7x 22.2x OTIS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 19.2x 20.5x OTIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.0% +5.2% +10.4% WMS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -37.4% 10.2% 14.0% WMS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -114.7% 69.7% 14.7% OTIS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 3.1x 1.6x CSTE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.01% OTIS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +85.0% -18.2% -8.5% CSTE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -28.1%/yr -1.1%/yr +3.9%/yr WMS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 102.6% 22.8% 36.3% OTIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 24/100 49/100 64/100 WMS

Percentile Scorecard

CSTEOTISWMS

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

AxisCSTEOTISWMS
Valuation 36 #36 of 56 53 #27 of 56 49 #29 of 56
Growth 6 #49 of 52 53 #25 of 52 47 #28 of 52
Profitability 8 #47 of 51 76 #13 of 51 86 #8 of 51
Financial Health 44 #33 of 58 14 #50 of 58 51 #29 of 58
Shareholder Returns – 50 #21 of 41 88 #6 of 41
Overall 24 49 64
  • CSTE ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • OTIS ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • WMS ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCSTEOTISWMSSPY
1 month -20.1%+14.1%-1.4% -0.8%
3 months +7.3%+2.8%-8.4% +3.5%
6 months +43.3%-2.9%-13.9% +7.0%
Year to date +26.3%-13.8%-9.4% +12.2%
1 year +85.0%-18.2%-8.5% +13.0%
3 years -38.5%-1.2%+24.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -15.0%-0.4%+7.6% +23.1%
5 years -80.8%-5.6%+21.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -28.1%-1.1%+3.9% +11.0%
10 years -93.6%—+566.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year -24.0%—+20.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCSTEOTISWMSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 102.6%22.8%36.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 99.7%23.3%33.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.530.221.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.83-0.80-0.23 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-39.6%-50.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.0%-19.6%-25.2% -1.8%
52-week high $3.56$93.62$175.38 $779.14
52-week low $0.62$64.07$125.22 $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.

MultipleCSTEOTISWMS
P/E now vs peer median -0.6xmedian 19.4x 19.0xmedian 19.4x 22.3xmedian 19.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.5x 1.9xmedian 1.5x 2.9xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.7xmedian 12.1x 14.7xmedian 12.1x 12.0xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.0xmedian 16.1x 16.7xmedian 16.1x 17.0xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.9x -5.0xmedian 2.9x 5.1xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 0.93 2.57median 0.93 -11.88median 0.93

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 monthsCSTEOTISWMS
Revenue $381.81M $14.91B $3.22B
Gross profit $75.22M $4.52B $1.24B
Operating income -$127.93M $2.29B $668.00M
Net income -$142.69M $1.58B $455.60M
Free cash flow -$13.44M $1.71B $550.15M
R&D $5.62M $154.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-4.13 $3.95 $5.86
Cash & equivalents – $813.00M $162.25M
Total debt $8.55M $8.44B $1.61B
Shares (diluted) 34.57M 383.50M 77.02M
Enterprise value $48.29M $24.81B $7.82B

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
MetricCSTEOTISWMS
P/E -0.6x 19.0x 22.3x
P/FCF -6.0x 16.7x 17.0x
P/Operating cash flow -4.5x 15.3x 11.6x
P/S 0.2x 1.9x 2.9x
P/B 0.8x -5.0x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 0.8x -4.7x 9.5x
EV/EBITDA -0.7x 14.7x 12.0x
EV/EBIT -0.6x 15.8x 16.2x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 2.4x 3.4x
EV/FCF -6.1x 21.2x 19.6x
EV/Operating cash flow -4.6x 19.4x 13.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 2.57 -11.88

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSTEOTISWMS
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.0% 5.2% 10.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -15.6% 2.5% 3.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.6% 5.4% 14.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 3.1% 4.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -135.1% 23.6% 4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.8% 2.7% -2.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -136.2% -0.7% 4.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 3.4% -2.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -136.0% 3.4% 5.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 7.4% -1.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -52.4% 25.7% 19.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.6% 9.5% 4.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3,032% 27.0% 18.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -32.2% 9.4% 1.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSTEOTISWMS
Gross margin 19.7% 30.3% 38.6%
EBITDA margin -30.7% 16.5% 27.9%
Operating margin -33.5% 15.4% 20.7%
Pretax margin -36.3% 13.9% 18.6%
Net margin -37.4% 10.2% 14.0%
FCF margin -3.5% 11.5% 17.1%
Operating cash flow margin -4.7% 12.5% 25.0%
Return on equity -129.4% – 24.6%
Return on assets -39.5% 14.5% 10.1%
Return on invested capital -114.7% 69.7% 14.7%
Return on capital employed -58.0% 87.2% 17.0%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.2x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 0.5% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSTEOTISWMS
Debt / assets 0.1% 75.6% 35.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x -1.5x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 3.1x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 0.0x 4.9x 2.9x
Liabilities / assets 71.1% 151.5% 59.7%
Equity / assets 28.9% -51.5% 40.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.6x 0.8x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 0.32 2.87 4.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSTEOTISWMS
Dividend yield – 2.3% 0.6%
Net buyback yield – 3.7% 3.4%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 6.0% 4.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.7% 12.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 38.4% 10.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.4% 12.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 12.3%

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.

ConsensusCSTEOTISWMS
Forward P/E – 19.2xFY2026 20.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.97FY2026 $3.91FY2026 $6.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -3.5%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.3% +22.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $420.48MFY2026 $16.18BFY2026 $3.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026 +18.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% -3.5% +5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSTEOTISWMS
Held by institutions 5.9% 93.1% 90.9%
Institutions holding 36 1,219 553
Change in shares held, QoQ -22.3% +3.6% +0.3%
Institutions buying 7 561 259
Institutions selling 14 450 209
Buyers to sellers 0.50 1.25 1.24

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.

CSTEOTISWMS
CSTE 1.00 0.04 0.15
OTIS 0.04 1.00 0.37
WMS 0.15 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSTE, OTIS and WMS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caesarstone (CSTE) $84.35M, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) $28.39B, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) $10.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSTE, OTIS and WMS?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caesarstone (CSTE) -0.6x, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 18.7x, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 22.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) is cheapest (Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 19.2x, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 20.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caesarstone (CSTE) -6.0%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) +5.2%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +10.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) has the highest net margin (Caesarstone (CSTE) -37.4%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 10.2%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.0%). On return on invested capital, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) leads (Caesarstone (CSTE) -114.7%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 69.7%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 14.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Caesarstone (CSTE) returned the most: Caesarstone (CSTE) +85.0%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -18.2%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) -8.5%. Over five years, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) compounded fastest (Caesarstone (CSTE) -28.1%/yr, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) -1.1%/yr, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) +3.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has the highest dividend yield: Caesarstone (CSTE) 0.00%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 0.02%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 0.01%. Caesarstone (CSTE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) has been the steadiest (Caesarstone (CSTE) 102.6%, Otis Worldwide (OTIS) 22.8%, Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) 36.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSTE, OTIS and WMS?

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