TS vs AZZ vs IIIN Stock Comparison

Tenaris, Azz and Insteel Industries Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TS Tenaris Sa
$61.31 +11.4% 1M +61.0% 1Y
Market cap
$63.38B
P/E
33.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins
AZZ Azz Inc
$138.07 +2.1% 1M +38.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.01B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
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
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 8, Insteel Industries 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSAZZIIINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $63.38B $4.01B $552.69M TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.1x 24.0x 18.7x IIIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.4x 18.7x 14.1x IIIN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +9.5% +14.2% IIIN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% 9.6% 4.0% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 11.4% — TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 1.2x — TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.0% +38.1% -6.9% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.5%/yr +21.1%/yr -6.6%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.9% 32.0% 41.5% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 57/100 57/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

TSAZZIIIN

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

AxisTSAZZIIIN
Valuation 42 #119 of 203 74 #54 of 203 90 #22 of 203
Growth 18 #155 of 188 60 #76 of 188 33 #127 of 188
Profitability 81 #35 of 183 72 #52 of 183 46 #99 of 183
Financial Health 99 #4 of 216 56 #96 of 216 87 #29 of 216
Shareholder Returns 52 #74 of 152 25 #115 of 152 29 #108 of 152
Overall 58 57 57
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AZZ 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

PeriodTSAZZIIINSPY
1 month +11.4%+2.1%-0.4% +0.7%
3 months +8.1%-4.8%-5.3% +3.7%
6 months -4.1%-3.5%+10.7% +7.1%
Year to date +59.5%+28.8%-8.5% +12.8%
1 year +61.0%+38.1%-6.9% +11.9%
3 years +93.7%+192.8%+6.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +24.7%+43.1%+2.0% +22.8%
5 years +175.2%+159.9%-28.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +22.5%+21.1%-6.6% +10.9%
10 years +115.3%+159.0%+10.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.0%+10.0%+1.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureTSAZZIIINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.9%32.0%41.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.4%30.2%51.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.321.170.97 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.111.19-0.17 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.7%-46.8%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.2%-13.8%-23.9% -1.2%
52-week high $64.02$160.17$38.11 $779.14
52-week low $37.76$97.64$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.

MultipleTSAZZIIIN
P/E now vs peer median 33.9xmedian 25.8x 24.7xmedian 25.8x 19.1xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 1.9x 2.4xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 14.6x 12.1xmedian 14.6x 9.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.6xmedian 22.2x 19.3xmedian 22.2x 22.6xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.2x 2.9xmedian 2.2x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.45 0.28median 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 monthsTSAZZIIIN
Revenue $12.04B $1.75B $739.51M
Gross profit $4.08B $423.83M $75.68M
Operating income $2.23B $287.42M $37.57M
Net income $1.97B $167.46M $29.55M
Free cash flow $2.78B $214.45M $24.84M
EPS (diluted) – $5.56 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $9.02B $1.95M $37.48M
Total debt $1.27B $468.47M –
Shares (diluted) – 30.12M 19.52M
Enterprise value $34.42B $4.01B $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
MetricTSAZZIIIN
P/E 33.9x 24.7x 19.1x
P/FCF 23.6x 19.3x 22.6x
P/Operating cash flow 29.3x 14.1x 15.3x
P/S 5.5x 2.4x 0.8x
P/B 3.8x 2.9x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 4.1x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 20.0x 12.1x 9.5x
EV/EBIT 25.6x 16.0x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 4.7x 2.6x 0.7x
EV/FCF 20.5x 21.4x 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x 15.7x 14.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.28 -6.43

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSAZZIIIN
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 9.5% 14.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.7% 5.2% 4.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.7% 11.0% -19.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.9% 8.9% 5.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.0% 21.3% -27.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% 11.4% 2.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% -46.7% -28.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% 99.0% -3.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – -46.5% -27.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 87.1% -3.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% -42.0% 34.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% 20.3% -36.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.2% -47.3% 31.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% 35.3% -39.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSAZZIIIN
Gross margin 33.9% 24.3% 10.2%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 21.8% 7.5%
Operating margin 18.5% 16.5% 5.1%
Pretax margin 20.5% 12.9% 5.2%
Net margin 15.9% 9.6% 4.0%
FCF margin 23.1% 12.3% 3.4%
Operating cash flow margin 18.6% 16.7% 5.0%
Return on equity 11.4% 12.0% 7.9%
Return on assets 9.7% 7.3% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 11.4% –
Return on capital employed 11.0% 14.1% 9.4%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.8x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSAZZIIIN
Debt / assets 1.5% 20.0% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 1.2x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 2.2x –
Liabilities / assets 15.2% 39.5% 21.0%
Equity / assets 84.8% 60.5% 79.0%
Interest coverage 45.4x 6.3x 596.3x
Current ratio – 1.8x 3.7x
Quick ratio 70.8x 0.8x 1.6x
Cash ratio 58.2x 0.0x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 4.53 6.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSAZZIIIN
Dividend yield 2.9% 0.6% 3.9%
Net buyback yield -1.5% – 0.6%
Shareholder yield 1.4% 0.6% 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.

ConsensusTSAZZIIIN
Forward P/E 15.4xFY2026 18.7xFY2026 14.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $3.97FY2026 $7.37FY2026 $2.05FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026 +35.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +1.5% +12.1% +7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.99BFY2026 $1.97BFY2026 $759.46MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +8.4%FY2026 +19.4%FY2026 +2.7%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -6.1% -8.1% +4.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSAZZIIIN
Held by institutions 3.6% 94.6% 82.1%
Institutions holding 284 364 187
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +1.1% +0.9%
Institutions buying 154 196 122
Institutions selling 79 119 48
Buyers to sellers 1.95 1.65 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.

TSAZZIIIN
TS 1.00 0.20 0.08
AZZ 0.20 1.00 0.37
IIIN 0.08 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TS, AZZ and IIIN?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tenaris (TS) $63.38B, Azz (AZZ) $4.01B, Insteel Industries (IIIN) $552.69M.

Which stock is cheaper, TS, AZZ and IIIN?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tenaris (TS) 33.1x, Azz (AZZ) 24.0x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 18.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Insteel Industries (IIIN) is cheapest (Tenaris (TS) 15.4x, Azz (AZZ) 18.7x, 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?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Azz (AZZ) +9.5%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) +14.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Azz (AZZ) 9.6%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 4.0%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Azz (AZZ) 11.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Tenaris (TS) +61.0%, Azz (AZZ) +38.1%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -6.9%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Tenaris (TS) +22.5%/yr, Azz (AZZ) +21.1%/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: Tenaris (TS) 0.00%, Azz (AZZ) 0.00%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 0.04%. Tenaris (TS) and Azz (AZZ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Tenaris (TS) 28.9%, Azz (AZZ) 32.0%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TS, AZZ 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, 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.