HIHO vs LCII vs WS Stock Comparison

Highway Holdings, Lci Industries and Worthington Steel Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HIHO Highway Holdings Ltd
$0.85 -5.6% 1M -44.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.93M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
11.76%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
1 win
LCII Lci Industries
$104.28 +26.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.54B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
4.41%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
7 wins
WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$40.47 +3.2% 1M +31.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.07B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
1.58%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lci Industries leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Lci Industries 7, Worthington Steel 3, Highway Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIHOLCIIWSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.93M $2.54B $2.07B LCII
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 12.0x -52.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.7x 10.6x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +4.1% +69.1% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.2% -0.7% LCII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.7% 0.2% LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.5x 19.9x LCII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 11.76% 4.41% 1.58% HIHO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -44.4% -2.4% +31.2% WS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -27.0%/yr -7.1%/yr — LCII
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 88.8% 37.5% 47.4% LCII
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 70/100 34/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

HIHOLCIIWS

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

AxisHIHOLCIIWS
Valuation – 97 #8 of 204 61 #80 of 204
Growth – 58 #81 of 191 34 #126 of 191
Profitability – 62 #72 of 189 28 #137 of 189
Financial Health 81 #44 of 221 46 #119 of 221 10 #199 of 221
Shareholder Returns 99 #3 of 159 86 #23 of 159 37 #101 of 159
Overall – 70 34
  • HIHO ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LCII ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHIHOLCIIWSSPY
1 month -5.6%+26.1%+3.2% -1.0%
3 months -22.0%-3.0%+6.3% -0.4%
6 months +5.0%-10.8%-3.4% +4.5%
Year to date -46.5%-14.1%+16.9% +12.4%
1 year -44.4%-2.4%+31.2% +13.6%
3 years -57.9%-11.3%— +76.4%
3 years, per year -25.1%-3.9%— +20.8%
5 years -79.3%-30.8%— +63.7%
5 years, per year -27.0%-7.1%— +10.4%
10 years -79.2%+20.4%— +267.7%
10 years, per year -14.6%+1.9%— +13.9%

Risk

MeasureHIHOLCIIWSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 88.8%37.5%47.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 77.5%36.3%50.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.270.881.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.50-0.060.66 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.9%-53.5%-51.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.8%-33.6%-16.9% -1.6%
52-week high $1.66$157.13$48.69 $779.14
52-week low $0.71$78.16$28.10 $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.

MultipleHIHOLCIIWS
P/E now vs peer median —median 25.5x 12.0xmedian 25.5x -52.8xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.9x 0.6xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 7.5xmedian 14.4x 41.0xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.3x 8.8xmedian 23.3x 44.4xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.2x 1.8xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.16 0.32median 1.16 1.62median 1.16

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 monthsHIHOLCIIWS
Revenue – $4.03B $5.30B
Gross profit – $1.03B $549.30M
Operating income – $301.92M $6.30M
Net income – $211.27M -$56.50M
Free cash flow – $286.96M $46.70M
EPS (diluted) – $8.66 $-0.77
Cash & equivalents $3.86M $216.51M $248.20M
Total debt $536.00K $852.59M $2.20B
Shares (diluted) 4.55M 24.39M 50.00M
Enterprise value -$14.49M $1.75B $2.16B

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
MetricHIHOLCIIWS
P/E – 12.0x -52.8x
P/FCF – 8.8x 44.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.3x 10.3x
P/S – 0.6x 0.4x
P/B 0.7x 1.8x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 2.4x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – 7.5x 41.0x
EV/EBIT – 10.5x 638.2x
EV/Revenue – 0.8x 0.8x
EV/FCF – 11.1x 86.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.2x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.32 1.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIHOLCIIWS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 4.1% 69.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 0.1% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.4% 36.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.7% 13.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 26.3% -95.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 29.3% -65.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 38.8% -144.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 35.5% -34.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 43.1% -132.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 37.4% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.9% 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -13.1% -10.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -3.4% 50.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -12.9% -41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIHOLCIIWS
Gross margin – 25.7% 10.4%
EBITDA margin – 10.5% 1.8%
Operating margin – 7.5% 0.1%
Pretax margin – 7.1% -0.2%
Net margin – 5.2% -0.7%
FCF margin – 7.1% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 8.6% 3.8%
Return on equity – 15.0% -4.0%
Return on assets – 6.5% -1.4%
Return on invested capital – 9.7% 0.2%
Return on capital employed – 11.4% 0.3%
Asset turnover – 1.2x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIHOLCIIWS
Debt / assets 5.1% 26.1% 36.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.6x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.5x 19.9x
Debt / FCF – 3.0x 47.0x
Liabilities / assets 47.4% 56.2% 72.8%
Equity / assets 52.6% 43.8% 27.2%
Interest coverage – – 0.5x
Current ratio 2.4x 2.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.4x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 3.27 1.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIHOLCIIWS
Dividend yield 11.8% 4.4% 1.6%
Net buyback yield – 0.3% –
Shareholder yield 11.8% 4.7% 1.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -57.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 70.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.2%
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.

ConsensusHIHOLCIIWS
Forward P/E – 12.7xFY2026 10.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $8.18FY2026 $3.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +9.7%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +18.7% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $4.16BFY2026 $10.90BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.1%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +4.9% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIHOLCIIWS
Held by institutions – 100.0% 56.3%
Institutions holding – 360 239
Change in shares held, QoQ – -3.1% +1.2%
Institutions buying – 181 113
Institutions selling – 123 68
Buyers to sellers – 1.47 1.66

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.

HIHOLCIIWS
HIHO 1.00 0.07 0.11
LCII 0.07 1.00 0.23
WS 0.11 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HIHO, LCII and WS?

Lci Industries (LCII) is the largest by market capitalisation: Highway Holdings (HIHO) $3.93M, Lci Industries (LCII) $2.54B, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.07B.

Which company is growing faster?

Worthington Steel (WS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest net margin (Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Worthington Steel (WS) returned the most: Highway Holdings (HIHO) -44.4%, Lci Industries (LCII) -2.4%, Worthington Steel (WS) +31.2%. Over five years, Lci Industries (LCII) compounded fastest (Highway Holdings (HIHO) -27.0%/yr, Lci Industries (LCII) -7.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Highway Holdings (HIHO) has the highest dividend yield: Highway Holdings (HIHO) 11.76%, Lci Industries (LCII) 4.41%, Worthington Steel (WS) 1.58%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lci Industries (LCII) has been the steadiest (Highway Holdings (HIHO) 88.8%, Lci Industries (LCII) 37.5%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HIHO, LCII and WS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lci Industries (LCII) leads on 7. 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.