CSTM vs STLD vs AZZ Stock Comparison

Constellium Se, Steel Dynamics and Azz Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CSTM Constellium Se
$24.44 -0.8% 1M +44.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.24B
P/E
5.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.05B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
5 wins
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc
$249.99 +8.5% 1M +55.2% 1Y
Market cap
$36.18B
P/E
18.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.22B
Div. yield
0.01%
Steel Basic Materials
4 wins
AZZ Azz Inc
$136.89 +1.1% 1M +35.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.14B
P/E
24.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Constellium Se leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Constellium Se 5, Steel Dynamics 4, Azz 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSTMSTLDAZZLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.24B $36.18B $4.14B STLD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 5.6x 18.5x 24.7x CSTM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.8x 14.6x 18.6x CSTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +26.1% +26.0% +9.5% CSTM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.7% 8.8% 9.6% AZZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.9% 14.6% 11.4% CSTM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 1.0x 1.2x STLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +44.5% +55.2% +35.0% STLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.8%/yr +30.5%/yr +20.9%/yr STLD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.8% 36.0% 32.0% AZZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 75/100 56/100 59/100 CSTM

Percentile Scorecard

CSTMSTLDAZZ

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

AxisCSTMSTLDAZZ
Valuation 98 #6 of 203 68 #53 of 162 75 #52 of 203
Growth 100 #1 of 188 50 #74 of 147 65 #67 of 188
Profitability 66 #64 of 184 63 #46 of 122 72 #52 of 184
Financial Health 21 #172 of 217 37 #104 of 164 57 #93 of 217
Shareholder Returns 90 #16 of 153 61 #42 of 107 26 #114 of 153
Overall 75 56 59
  • CSTM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • STLD ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • AZZ ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCSTMSTLDAZZSPY
1 month -0.8%+8.5%+1.1% +0.9%
3 months -11.4%-0.9%-3.0% +5.9%
6 months -24.2%+11.4%-0.8% +8.5%
Year to date +29.7%+47.5%+27.7% +13.3%
1 year +44.5%+55.2%+35.0% +12.4%
3 years +59.5%+140.1%+194.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year +16.9%+33.9%+43.4% +23.5%
5 years +32.8%+278.3%+157.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +5.8%+30.5%+20.9% +11.0%
10 years +365.5%+831.8%+156.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +16.6%+25.0%+9.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCSTMSTLDAZZSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.8%36.0%32.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.0%36.5%30.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.931.051.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.991.531.09 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.3%-32.5%-46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.4%-11.6%-14.5% -0.9%
52-week high $36.15$282.76$160.17 $779.14
52-week low $14.75$151.62$97.64 $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.

MultipleCSTMSTLDAZZ
P/E now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 25.4x 18.3xmedian 13.4x 24.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.9x 1.6xmedian 3.2x 2.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 14.3x 12.1xmedian 7.3x 12.0xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.3xmedian 21.8x 32.5xmedian 14.8x 19.1xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 2.3x 2.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.41 -3.29median 0.31 0.28median 1.41

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 monthsCSTMSTLDAZZ
Revenue $10.05B $22.22B $1.75B
Gross profit $1.61B $3.53B $423.83M
Operating income $1.20B $2.56B $287.42M
Net income $576.00M $1.95B $167.46M
Free cash flow $319.00M $1.09B $214.45M
R&D $53.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.13 $13.58 $5.56
Cash & equivalents $158.00M $928.56M $1.95M
Total debt $1.82B $4.20B $468.47M
Shares (diluted) 138.99M 143.62M 30.12M
Enterprise value $2.65B $32.99B $4.14B

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
MetricCSTMSTLDAZZ
P/E 5.7x 18.3x 24.5x
P/FCF 10.3x 32.5x 19.1x
P/Operating cash flow 5.2x 21.0x 14.0x
P/S 0.3x 1.6x 2.3x
P/B 2.5x 3.6x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 3.7x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA 3.2x 12.1x 12.0x
EV/EBIT 4.1x 15.2x 15.9x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 1.7x 2.6x
EV/FCF 15.5x 35.4x 21.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.8x 22.9x 15.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -3.29 0.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSTMSTLDAZZ
Revenue growth (1Y) 26.1% 26.0% 9.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 54.0% 53.3% 11.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -6.4% 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 82.1% 82.1% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -9.0% 11.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 400.9% 72.3% -46.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -10.0% 99.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 413.6% 77.0% -46.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% 87.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 92.2% 11.2% -42.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -23.6% 20.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 897.5% 252.0% -47.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -22.1% 35.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSTMSTLDAZZ
Gross margin 16.1% 15.9% 24.3%
EBITDA margin 15.3% 14.4% 21.8%
Operating margin 11.9% 11.5% 16.5%
Pretax margin 8.1% 11.2% 12.9%
Net margin 5.7% 8.8% 9.6%
FCF margin 3.2% 4.9% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin 6.3% 7.6% 16.7%
Return on equity 44.4% 20.5% 12.0%
Return on assets 9.7% 11.2% 7.3%
Return on invested capital 26.9% 14.6% 11.4%
Return on capital employed 31.0% 17.1% 14.1%
Asset turnover 1.7x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 0.9x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSTMSTLDAZZ
Debt / assets 31.0% 23.6% 20.0%
Debt / equity 1.4x 0.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 1.0x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 5.7x 3.8x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 77.1% 44.8% 39.5%
Equity / assets 22.9% 55.2% 60.5%
Interest coverage 11.0x 18.4x 6.3x
Current ratio 1.5x 3.1x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.4x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 3.22 6.11 4.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSTMSTLDAZZ
Dividend yield – 0.8% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 3.6% 2.3% –
Shareholder yield 3.6% 3.2% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 15.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 27.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.4% –

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.

ConsensusCSTMSTLDAZZ
Forward P/E 5.8xFY2026 14.6xFY2026 18.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.18FY2026 $17.11FY2026 $7.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +237.1%FY2026 +114.1%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -32.3% +20.9% +12.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.71BFY2026 $22.96BFY2026 $1.97BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +26.8%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026 +19.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% +15.9% -8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSTMSTLDAZZ
Held by institutions 88.6% 82.7% 94.6%
Institutions holding 384 1,022 364
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.5% +1.2% +1.1%
Institutions buying 255 501 196
Institutions selling 108 370 119
Buyers to sellers 2.36 1.35 1.65

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.

CSTMSTLDAZZ
CSTM 1.00 0.53 0.44
STLD 0.53 1.00 0.41
AZZ 0.44 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSTM, STLD and AZZ?

Steel Dynamics (STLD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Constellium Se (CSTM) $3.24B, Steel Dynamics (STLD) $36.18B, Azz (AZZ) $4.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSTM, STLD and AZZ?

Constellium Se (CSTM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.6x, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 18.5x, Azz (AZZ) 24.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Constellium Se (CSTM) is cheapest (Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.8x, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 14.6x, Azz (AZZ) 18.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Constellium Se (CSTM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Constellium Se (CSTM) +26.1%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +26.0%, Azz (AZZ) +9.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Azz (AZZ) has the highest net margin (Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.7%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 8.8%, Azz (AZZ) 9.6%). On return on invested capital, Constellium Se (CSTM) leads (Constellium Se (CSTM) 26.9%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 14.6%, Azz (AZZ) 11.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Steel Dynamics (STLD) returned the most: Constellium Se (CSTM) +44.5%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +55.2%, Azz (AZZ) +35.0%. Over five years, Steel Dynamics (STLD) compounded fastest (Constellium Se (CSTM) +5.8%/yr, Steel Dynamics (STLD) +30.5%/yr, Azz (AZZ) +20.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Constellium Se (CSTM) 0.00%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 0.01%, Azz (AZZ) 0.00%. Constellium Se (CSTM) and Azz (AZZ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Azz (AZZ) has been the steadiest (Constellium Se (CSTM) 44.8%, Steel Dynamics (STLD) 36.0%, Azz (AZZ) 32.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSTM, STLD and AZZ?

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