TS vs BKR vs WS Stock Comparison

Tenaris, Baker Hughes and Worthington Steel Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TS Tenaris Sa
$59.32 +6.9% 1M +65.7% 1Y
Market cap
$62.77B
P/E
32.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
8 wins
BKR Baker Hughes Co
$56.01 -3.1% 1M +18.4% 1Y
Market cap
$56.01B
P/E
18.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.73B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oilfield Services Energy
2 wins
WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$42.25 +16.7% 1M +34.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
0.01%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionTSBKRWSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.77B $56.01B $2.20B TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.8x 18.1x -57.4x BKR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 22.4x 11.1x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +0.4% +69.1% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% 11.2% -0.7% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 8.9% 0.2% TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 0.1x 19.9x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.01% BKR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +65.7% +18.4% +34.3% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.5%/yr +17.5%/yr — TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.0% 33.2% 47.3% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 55/100 33/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

TSBKRWS

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

AxisTSBKRWS
Valuation 41 #120 of 203 44 #27 of 47 59 #83 of 203
Growth 18 #154 of 187 67 #15 of 44 32 #127 of 187
Profitability 80 #37 of 185 75 #11 of 41 29 #131 of 185
Financial Health 99 #4 of 219 49 #24 of 46 10 #197 of 219
Shareholder Returns 52 #74 of 153 42 #19 of 32 34 #102 of 153
Overall 58 55 33
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • BKR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • WS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTSBKRWSSPY
1 month +6.9%-3.1%+16.7% -0.8%
3 months +5.2%-7.6%+15.1% +3.5%
6 months -6.1%-18.1%+12.0% +7.0%
Year to date +54.3%+23.0%+22.0% +12.2%
1 year +65.7%+18.4%+34.3% +13.0%
3 years +88.8%+60.9%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +23.6%+17.2%— +23.1%
5 years +164.5%+124.0%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +21.5%+17.5%— +11.0%
10 years +108.1%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.6%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTSBKRWSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.0%33.2%47.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.4%34.2%49.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.320.681.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.270.550.72 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.7%-47.2%-51.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.3%-19.6%-13.2% -1.8%
52-week high $64.02$69.67$48.69 $779.14
52-week low $37.11$44.47$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.

MultipleTSBKRWS
P/E now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 26.0x 17.9xmedian 25.5x -55.2xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 1.9x 2.0xmedian 1.2x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 14.0x 11.5xmedian 8.6x 42.0xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 21.4x 17.8xmedian 14.7x 46.3xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.2x 2.8xmedian 1.6x 1.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.26 0.45median 0.41 1.70median 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 monthsTSBKRWS
Revenue $12.04B $27.73B $5.30B
Gross profit $4.08B $6.58B $549.30M
Operating income $2.23B $3.59B $6.30M
Net income $1.97B $3.12B -$56.50M
Free cash flow $2.78B $3.13B $46.70M
R&D – $569.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $3.11 $-0.77
Cash & equivalents $9.02B $15.73B $248.20M
Total debt $1.27B $16.25B $2.20B
Shares (diluted) – 997.00M 50.00M
Enterprise value $33.81B $19.11B $1.69B

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
MetricTSBKRWS
P/E 32.8x 17.9x -55.2x
P/FCF 22.8x 17.8x 46.3x
P/Operating cash flow 28.4x 12.5x 10.7x
P/S 5.3x 2.0x 0.4x
P/B 3.7x 2.8x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 3.7x 3.5x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 19.2x 11.5x 42.0x
EV/EBIT 24.6x 15.7x 652.7x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 2.0x 0.8x
EV/FCF 19.7x 17.9x 88.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.5x 12.7x 20.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.45 1.70

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSBKRWS
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 0.4% 69.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.7% 6.0% 15.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.7% -0.9% 36.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.9% 5.8% 13.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.0% 9.7% -95.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% 23.9% -65.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% 1.3% -144.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% 39.1% -34.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 1.0% -132.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 39.9% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% 29.7% 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% 16.4% -10.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.2% 44.5% 50.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% 21.8% -41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSBKRWS
Gross margin 33.9% 23.7% 10.4%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 17.6% 1.8%
Operating margin 18.5% 12.9% 0.1%
Pretax margin 20.5% 12.7% -0.2%
Net margin 15.9% 11.2% -0.7%
FCF margin 23.1% 11.3% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin 18.6% 16.0% 3.8%
Return on equity 11.4% 15.8% -4.0%
Return on assets 9.7% 6.0% -1.4%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 8.9% 0.2%
Return on capital employed 11.0% 9.7% 0.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.4x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSBKRWS
Debt / assets 1.5% 30.9% 36.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.8x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 0.1x 19.9x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 5.2x 47.0x
Liabilities / assets 15.2% 61.8% 72.8%
Equity / assets 84.8% 38.2% 27.2%
Interest coverage 45.4x – 0.5x
Current ratio – 2.1x 1.8x
Quick ratio 70.8x 1.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 58.2x 1.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 2.10 1.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSBKRWS
Dividend yield 3.0% 1.6% 1.5%
Net buyback yield -1.5% – –
Shareholder yield 1.5% 1.6% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.1% -57.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 29.1% 70.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.2% 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.4% –

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.

ConsensusTSBKRWS
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 22.4xFY2026 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.96FY2026 $2.50FY2026 $3.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.5% +12.0% +30.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.99BFY2026 $30.78BFY2026 $10.90BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.4%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.1% -2.3% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSBKRWS
Held by institutions 3.6% 97.2% 56.3%
Institutions holding 283 1,148 238
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +5.2% +1.2%
Institutions buying 154 576 112
Institutions selling 78 429 68
Buyers to sellers 1.97 1.34 1.65

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.

TSBKRWS
TS 1.00 0.53 0.21
BKR 0.53 1.00 0.25
WS 0.21 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TS, BKR and WS?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tenaris (TS) $62.77B, Baker Hughes (BKR) $56.01B, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, TS, BKR and WS?

Baker Hughes (BKR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tenaris (TS) 32.8x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 18.1x, Worthington Steel (WS) -57.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Worthington Steel (WS) is cheapest (Tenaris (TS) 15.0x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 22.4x, Worthington Steel (WS) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Worthington Steel (WS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Baker Hughes (BKR) +0.4%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 11.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 8.9%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Tenaris (TS) +65.7%, Baker Hughes (BKR) +18.4%, Worthington Steel (WS) +34.3%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Tenaris (TS) +21.5%/yr, Baker Hughes (BKR) +17.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Baker Hughes (BKR) has the highest dividend yield: Tenaris (TS) 0.00%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 0.02%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.01%. Tenaris (TS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Tenaris (TS) 29.0%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 33.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TS, BKR 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, 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.