LUD vs CSTM vs IIIN Stock Comparison

Luda Technology, Constellium Se and Insteel Industries Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSTM Constellium Se
$24.00 -2.4% 1M +47.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.09B
P/E
5.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.05B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins
IIIN Insteel Industries Inc
$28.99 -0.4% 1M -6.9% 1Y
Market cap
$552.69M
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$739.51M
Div. yield
0.04%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionLUDCSTMIIINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $80.63M $3.09B $552.69M CSTM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 155.8x 5.4x 18.7x CSTM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 5.7x 14.1x CSTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +26.1% +14.2% CSTM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.7% 4.0% CSTM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.9% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -55.4% +47.5% -6.9% CSTM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +5.5%/yr -6.6%/yr CSTM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 144.1% 44.7% 41.5% IIIN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 75/100 57/100 CSTM

Percentile Scorecard

LUDCSTMIIIN

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

AxisLUDCSTMIIIN
Valuation 20 #163 of 203 98 #5 of 203 90 #22 of 203
Growth – 100 #1 of 188 33 #127 of 188
Profitability – 67 #61 of 183 46 #99 of 183
Financial Health 39 #133 of 216 21 #172 of 216 87 #29 of 216
Shareholder Returns – 91 #14 of 152 29 #108 of 152
Overall – 75 57
  • LUD ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CSTM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • IIIN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLUDCSTMIIINSPY
1 month -1.3%-2.4%-0.4% +0.7%
3 months -5.3%-16.0%-5.3% +3.7%
6 months -37.1%-23.3%+10.7% +7.1%
Year to date -39.3%+27.3%-8.5% +12.8%
1 year -55.4%+47.5%-6.9% +11.9%
3 years —+50.7%+6.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+14.6%+2.0% +22.8%
5 years —+30.4%-28.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+5.5%-6.6% +10.9%
10 years —+357.1%+10.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+16.4%+1.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLUDCSTMIIINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 144.1%44.7%41.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 142.0%41.7%51.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.211.940.97 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.381.06-0.17 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.8%-66.3%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -67.1%-33.6%-23.9% -1.2%
52-week high $11.85$36.15$38.11 $779.14
52-week low $3.20$14.75$24.48 $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.

MultipleLUDCSTMIIIN
P/E now vs peer median 155.8xmedian 25.8x 5.6xmedian 25.8x 19.1xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.9x 0.3xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 3.2xmedian 14.6x 9.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -40.8xmedian 22.2x 10.1xmedian 22.2x 22.6xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 2.2x 2.4xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.45 —median 1.45 -6.43median 1.45

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 monthsLUDCSTMIIIN
Revenue – $10.05B $739.51M
Gross profit – $1.61B $75.68M
Operating income – $1.20B $37.57M
Net income – $576.00M $29.55M
Free cash flow – $319.00M $24.84M
R&D – $53.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $4.13 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $4.77M $158.00M $37.48M
Total debt $49.69M $1.82B –
Shares (diluted) 22.24M 138.99M 19.52M
Enterprise value $34.98M $2.50B $461.58M

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
MetricLUDCSTMIIIN
P/E 155.8x 5.6x 19.1x
P/FCF -40.8x 10.1x 22.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 5.1x 15.3x
P/S 2.6x 0.3x 0.8x
P/B 4.0x 2.4x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 2.6x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – 3.2x 9.5x
EV/EBIT – 4.1x 13.9x
EV/Revenue – 0.5x 0.7x
EV/FCF – 15.3x 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 7.7x 14.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – -6.43

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLUDCSTMIIIN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 26.1% 14.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 54.0% -19.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 5.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 82.1% -27.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 2.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – 400.9% -28.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – -3.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 413.6% -27.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – -3.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 92.2% 34.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -36.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 897.5% 31.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -39.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLUDCSTMIIIN
Gross margin – 16.1% 10.2%
EBITDA margin – 15.3% 7.5%
Operating margin – 11.9% 5.1%
Pretax margin – 8.1% 5.2%
Net margin – 5.7% 4.0%
FCF margin – 3.2% 3.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 6.3% 5.0%
Return on equity – 44.4% 7.9%
Return on assets – 9.7% 6.2%
Return on invested capital – 26.9% –
Return on capital employed – 31.0% 9.4%
Asset turnover – 1.7x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.1x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLUDCSTMIIIN
Debt / assets 25.8% 31.0% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.1x –
Debt / FCF – 5.7x –
Liabilities / assets 54.8% 77.1% 21.0%
Equity / assets 45.2% 22.9% 79.0%
Interest coverage – 11.0x 596.3x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.5x 3.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 3.22 6.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLUDCSTMIIIN
Dividend yield – – 3.9%
Net buyback yield – 3.7% 0.6%
Shareholder yield – 3.7% 4.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 73.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 87.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -19.2%

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.

ConsensusLUDCSTMIIIN
Forward P/E – 5.7xFY2026 14.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year – $4.18FY2026 $2.05FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +237.1%FY2026 +35.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – -32.3% +7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $10.71BFY2026 $759.46MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY – +26.8%FY2026 +2.7%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after – +1.3% +4.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLUDCSTMIIIN
Held by institutions – 88.6% 82.1%
Institutions holding – 385 187
Change in shares held, QoQ – -4.5% +0.9%
Institutions buying – 255 122
Institutions selling – 108 48
Buyers to sellers – 2.36 2.54

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.

LUDCSTMIIIN
LUD 1.00 0.09 0.14
CSTM 0.09 1.00 0.32
IIIN 0.14 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LUD, CSTM and IIIN?

Constellium Se (CSTM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Luda Technology (LUD) $80.63M, Constellium Se (CSTM) $3.09B, Insteel Industries (IIIN) $552.69M.

Which stock is cheaper, LUD, CSTM and IIIN?

Constellium Se (CSTM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Luda Technology (LUD) 155.8x, Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.4x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 18.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Constellium Se (CSTM) is cheapest (Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.7x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 14.1x). 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%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) +14.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Constellium Se (CSTM) has the highest net margin (Constellium Se (CSTM) 5.7%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 4.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Constellium Se (CSTM) returned the most: Luda Technology (LUD) -55.4%, Constellium Se (CSTM) +47.5%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -6.9%. Over five years, Constellium Se (CSTM) compounded fastest (Constellium Se (CSTM) +5.5%/yr, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -6.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Luda Technology (LUD) 0.00%, Constellium Se (CSTM) 0.00%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 0.04%. Luda Technology (LUD) and Constellium Se (CSTM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Insteel Industries (IIIN) has been the steadiest (Luda Technology (LUD) 144.1%, Constellium Se (CSTM) 44.7%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LUD, CSTM and IIIN?

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 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.