HLP vs AZZ vs TS Stock Comparison

Hongli, Azz and Tenaris Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HLP Hongli Group Inc.
$3.50 +58.4% 1M +151.8% 1Y
Market cap
$270.99M
P/E
132.3x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
1 win
AZZ Azz Inc
$133.41 -2.6% 1M +35.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.13B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
TS Tenaris Sa
$59.32 +6.9% 1M +65.7% 1Y
Market cap
$63.58B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 8, Azz 2, Hongli 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHLPAZZTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $270.99M $4.13B $63.58B TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 132.3x 24.6x 33.2x AZZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.1x 14.9x TS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.5% +2.3% AZZ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 9.6% 15.9% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.4% 12.7% TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x -3.1x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +151.8% +35.2% +65.7% HLP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +20.8%/yr +21.5%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 118.8% 32.1% 29.0% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 58/100 58/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

HLPAZZTS

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

AxisHLPAZZTS
Valuation 10 #183 of 203 75 #52 of 203 41 #120 of 203
Growth – 63 #69 of 187 18 #154 of 187
Profitability – 72 #52 of 185 80 #37 of 185
Financial Health 55 #100 of 219 56 #98 of 219 99 #4 of 219
Shareholder Returns – 24 #117 of 153 52 #74 of 153
Overall – 58 58
  • HLP ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AZZ ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHLPAZZTSSPY
1 month +58.4%-2.6%+6.9% -0.8%
3 months +207.0%-10.2%+5.2% +3.5%
6 months +309.5%-7.9%-6.1% +7.0%
Year to date +236.5%+24.5%+54.3% +12.2%
1 year +151.8%+35.2%+65.7% +13.0%
3 years +57.7%+187.2%+88.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +16.4%+42.2%+23.6% +23.1%
5 years —+157.4%+164.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+20.8%+21.5% +11.0%
10 years —+149.6%+108.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+9.6%+7.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHLPAZZTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 118.8%32.1%29.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 130.9%30.2%29.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.061.170.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.281.102.27 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-46.8%-33.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.3%-16.7%-7.3% -1.8%
52-week high $3.51$160.17$64.02 $779.14
52-week low $0.43$97.64$37.11 $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.

MultipleHLPAZZTS
P/E now vs peer median 132.3xmedian 26.0x 23.9xmedian 26.0x 32.8xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 1.9x 2.3xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 11.7xmedian 14.0x 19.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -585.6xmedian 21.4x 18.6xmedian 21.4x 22.8xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.2x 2.8xmedian 2.2x 3.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.26 0.27median 1.26 —median 1.26

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 monthsHLPAZZTS
Revenue – $1.75B $12.04B
Gross profit – $423.83M $4.08B
Operating income – $287.42M $2.23B
Net income – $167.46M $1.97B
Free cash flow – $214.45M $2.78B
EPS (diluted) – $5.56 –
Cash & equivalents $1.81M $1.95M $9.02B
Total debt $47.35M $468.47M $1.27B
Shares (diluted) 73.44M 30.12M –
Enterprise value $266.41M $4.12B $34.62B

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
MetricHLPAZZTS
P/E 132.3x 23.9x 32.8x
P/FCF -585.6x 18.6x 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.7x 28.4x
P/S 13.1x 2.3x 5.3x
P/B 4.4x 2.8x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 4.0x 3.7x
EV/EBITDA – 11.7x 19.2x
EV/EBIT – 15.5x 24.6x
EV/Revenue – 2.6x 4.6x
EV/FCF – 20.8x 19.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 15.3x 24.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.27 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHLPAZZTS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.5% 2.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% -6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.0% 2.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.9% -13.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 21.3% 0.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 11.4% -20.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -46.7% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 99.0% -18.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – -46.5% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 87.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -42.0% -11.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 20.3% -9.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -47.3% -13.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 35.3% -7.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHLPAZZTS
Gross margin – 24.3% 33.9%
EBITDA margin – 21.8% 23.7%
Operating margin – 16.5% 18.5%
Pretax margin – 12.9% 20.5%
Net margin – 9.6% 15.9%
FCF margin – 12.3% 23.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.7% 18.6%
Return on equity – 12.0% 11.4%
Return on assets – 7.3% 9.7%
Return on invested capital – 11.4% 12.7%
Return on capital employed – 14.1% 11.0%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.7x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHLPAZZTS
Debt / assets 16.0% 20.0% 1.5%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x -3.1x
Debt / FCF – 2.2x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 19.9% 39.5% 15.2%
Equity / assets 80.1% 60.5% 84.8%
Interest coverage – 6.3x 45.4x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.8x –
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.8x 70.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 58.2x
Altman Z-score – 4.44 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHLPAZZTS
Dividend yield – 0.7% 3.0%
Net buyback yield – – -1.5%
Shareholder yield – 0.7% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
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.

ConsensusHLPAZZTS
Forward P/E – 18.1xFY2026 14.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $7.37FY2026 $3.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +19.1%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.1% +1.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.97BFY2026 $12.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +19.4%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -8.1% -6.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHLPAZZTS
Held by institutions – 94.6% 3.6%
Institutions holding – 364 283
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.1% -2.4%
Institutions buying – 196 154
Institutions selling – 119 78
Buyers to sellers – 1.65 1.97

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.

HLPAZZTS
HLP 1.00 -0.10 -0.04
AZZ -0.10 1.00 0.19
TS -0.04 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HLP, AZZ and TS?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hongli (HLP) $270.99M, Azz (AZZ) $4.13B, Tenaris (TS) $63.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, HLP, AZZ and TS?

Azz (AZZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hongli (HLP) 132.3x, Azz (AZZ) 24.6x, Tenaris (TS) 33.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tenaris (TS) is cheapest (Azz (AZZ) 18.1x, Tenaris (TS) 14.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Azz (AZZ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Azz (AZZ) +9.5%, Tenaris (TS) +2.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Azz (AZZ) 9.6%, Tenaris (TS) 15.9%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Azz (AZZ) 11.4%, Tenaris (TS) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hongli (HLP) returned the most: Hongli (HLP) +151.8%, Azz (AZZ) +35.2%, Tenaris (TS) +65.7%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Azz (AZZ) +20.8%/yr, Tenaris (TS) +21.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Hongli (HLP) 118.8%, Azz (AZZ) 32.1%, Tenaris (TS) 29.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HLP, AZZ and TS?

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 8. 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.