EXP vs TS vs CMC Stock Comparison

Eagle Materials, Tenaris and Commercial Metals Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EXP Eagle Materials Inc
$173.97 -2.6% 1M -25.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.41B
P/E
13.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.32B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cement Basic Materials
2 wins
TS Tenaris Sa
$59.32 +6.9% 1M +65.7% 1Y
Market cap
$63.48B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
6 wins
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$62.44 -5.0% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.02B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
0.01%
Steel Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 6, Commercial Metals 4, Eagle Materials 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEXPTSCMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.41B $63.48B $7.02B TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.4x 33.2x 10.7x CMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.2x 14.9x 9.6x CMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.7% +2.3% +20.5% CMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.3% 15.9% 7.0% EXP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.9% 12.7% -79.6% EXP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x -3.1x -0.4x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% CMC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.4% +65.7% +2.2% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.7%/yr +21.5%/yr +14.8%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.5% 29.0% 35.6% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 58/100 55/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

EXPTSCMC

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

AxisEXPTSCMC
Valuation 22 #8 of 10 41 #120 of 203 76 #39 of 162
Growth – 18 #154 of 187 55 #67 of 147
Profitability 100 #1 of 8 80 #37 of 185 51 #60 of 122
Financial Health 25 #7 of 9 99 #4 of 219 18 #136 of 165
Shareholder Returns 57 #4 of 8 52 #74 of 153 73 #30 of 107
Overall 51 58 55
  • EXP ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEXPTSCMCSPY
1 month -2.6%+6.9%-5.0% -0.8%
3 months -19.8%+5.2%-8.3% +3.5%
6 months -17.1%-6.1%-10.2% +7.0%
Year to date -15.8%+54.3%-9.8% +12.2%
1 year -25.4%+65.7%+2.2% +13.0%
3 years +17.7%+88.8%+49.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +5.6%+23.6%+14.3% +23.1%
5 years +26.1%+164.5%+99.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +4.7%+21.5%+14.8% +11.0%
10 years +117.5%+108.1%+279.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.1%+7.6%+14.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEXPTSCMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.5%29.0%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.8%29.4%35.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.090.321.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.732.270.06 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.2%-33.7%-38.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.6%-7.3%-25.0% -1.8%
52-week high $240.24$64.02$83.21 $779.14
52-week low $163.37$37.11$56.52 $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.

MultipleEXPTSCMC
P/E now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 19.6x 32.8xmedian 26.0x 10.6xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.8x 5.3xmedian 1.9x 0.7xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 9.3x 19.2xmedian 14.0x -1.5xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.4xmedian 31.4x 22.8xmedian 21.4x 14.4xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.3x 3.7xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -10.95median 2.78 —median 1.26 -1.55median 0.29

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 monthsEXPTSCMC
Revenue $2.32B $12.04B $9.39B
Gross profit $628.19M $4.08B $1.75B
Operating income $539.59M $2.23B -$6.93B
Net income $402.57M $1.97B $655.85M
Free cash flow $170.51M $2.78B $479.12M
EPS (diluted) $12.95 – $5.86
Cash & equivalents $233.54M $9.02B –
Total debt $6.57B $1.27B $3.41B
Shares (diluted) 31.09M – 111.86M
Enterprise value $4.43B $34.52B $6.24B

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
MetricEXPTSCMC
P/E 13.4x 32.8x 10.6x
P/FCF 31.4x 22.8x 14.4x
P/Operating cash flow 8.5x 28.4x 6.5x
P/S 2.3x 5.3x 0.7x
P/B 3.6x 3.7x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 3.7x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 9.8x 19.2x -1.5x
EV/EBIT 12.8x 24.6x -1.4x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 4.6x 1.0x
EV/FCF 40.4x 19.7x 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 24.5x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -10.95 – -1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEXPTSCMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.7% 2.3% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.0% -6.7% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -6.5% 2.7% 43.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.9% -13.9% -1.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -9.0% 0.0% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.1% -20.6% -5.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -11.1% -3.3% 674.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -5.5% -18.8% -8.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -6.2% – 690.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.2% – -6.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.4% -11.7% 48.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.3% -9.6% -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -45.7% -13.2% 53.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.3% -7.8% -13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEXPTSCMC
Gross margin 27.0% 33.9% 18.6%
EBITDA margin 30.3% 23.7% -69.6%
Operating margin 23.2% 18.5% -73.8%
Pretax margin 21.5% 20.5% 7.6%
Net margin 17.3% 15.9% 7.0%
FCF margin 7.3% 23.1% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 27.2% 18.6% 11.3%
Return on equity 26.1% 11.4% 14.2%
Return on assets 10.0% 9.7% 6.5%
Return on invested capital 12.9% 12.7% -79.6%
Return on capital employed 15.0% 11.0% -82.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.1x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEXPTSCMC
Debt / assets 45.0% 1.5% 33.2%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.0x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x -3.1x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 10.3x 0.1x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 62.0% 15.2% 54.2%
Equity / assets 38.0% 84.8% 45.8%
Interest coverage 11.3x 45.4x -48.4x
Current ratio 3.2x – 2.3x
Quick ratio 1.8x 70.8x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.8x 58.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 3.11 – 0.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEXPTSCMC
Dividend yield 0.6% 3.0% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 7.2% -1.5% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 7.8% 1.5% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 8.0% – 12.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 18.8% – 17.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) -4.0% – 3.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -4.5% – 4.0%

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.

ConsensusEXPTSCMC
Forward P/E 14.2xFY2026 14.9xFY2026 9.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $12.26FY2026 $3.97FY2026 $6.49FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -11.3%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +3.0% +1.5% +10.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.19BFY2026 $12.99BFY2026 $9.59BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -5.3%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% -6.1% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEXPTSCMC
Held by institutions 100.0% 3.6% 93.1%
Institutions holding 529 283 520
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2% -2.4% +0.2%
Institutions buying 272 154 262
Institutions selling 167 78 175
Buyers to sellers 1.63 1.97 1.50

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.

EXPTSCMC
EXP 1.00 -0.07 0.43
TS -0.07 1.00 0.25
CMC 0.43 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EXP, TS and CMC?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eagle Materials (EXP) $5.41B, Tenaris (TS) $63.48B, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, EXP, TS and CMC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Eagle Materials (EXP) 13.4x, Tenaris (TS) 33.2x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Commercial Metals (CMC) is cheapest (Eagle Materials (EXP) 14.2x, Tenaris (TS) 14.9x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 9.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Commercial Metals (CMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Eagle Materials (EXP) +1.7%, Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eagle Materials (EXP) has the highest net margin (Eagle Materials (EXP) 17.3%, Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Eagle Materials (EXP) leads (Eagle Materials (EXP) 12.9%, Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) -79.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Eagle Materials (EXP) -25.4%, Tenaris (TS) +65.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +2.2%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Eagle Materials (EXP) +4.7%/yr, Tenaris (TS) +21.5%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Commercial Metals (CMC) has the highest dividend yield: Eagle Materials (EXP) 0.01%, Tenaris (TS) 0.00%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 0.01%. Tenaris (TS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Eagle Materials (EXP) 34.5%, Tenaris (TS) 29.0%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EXP, TS and CMC?

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 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.