TS vs LCII vs AZZ Stock Comparison

Tenaris, Lci Industries and Azz Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TS Tenaris Sa
$58.21 +4.4% 1M +58.7% 1Y
Market cap
$62.68B
P/E
32.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
7 wins
LCII Lci Industries
$84.89 -0.3% 1M -6.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.14B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
AZZ Azz Inc
$132.45 -3.9% 1M +31.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.00B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 7, Lci Industries 2, Azz 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSLCIIAZZLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.68B $2.14B $4.00B TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.8x 10.1x 23.9x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.7x — 18.0x TS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +4.1% +9.5% AZZ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% 5.2% 9.6% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 9.7% 11.4% TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 1.5x 1.2x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +58.7% -6.7% +31.0% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.4%/yr -9.5%/yr +20.4%/yr AZZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 37.7% 32.1% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 70/100 58/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

TSLCIIAZZ

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

AxisTSLCIIAZZ
Valuation 42 #119 of 203 99 #3 of 203 76 #50 of 203
Growth 17 #156 of 188 58 #79 of 188 65 #67 of 188
Profitability 81 #36 of 187 61 #74 of 187 72 #53 of 187
Financial Health 99 #4 of 222 45 #123 of 222 54 #103 of 222
Shareholder Returns 52 #74 of 153 88 #20 of 153 23 #118 of 153
Overall 58 70 58
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LCII ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AZZ ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTSLCIIAZZSPY
1 month +4.4%-0.3%-3.9% -1.0%
3 months +1.0%-17.9%-11.8% +2.9%
6 months -8.0%-29.3%-7.6% +6.4%
Year to date +51.4%-30.0%+23.6% +11.4%
1 year +58.7%-6.7%+31.0% +13.1%
3 years +78.8%-22.1%+192.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +21.4%-8.0%+43.0% +21.5%
5 years +152.4%-39.3%+152.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +20.4%-9.5%+20.4% +10.9%
10 years +100.8%-7.2%+143.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +7.2%-0.7%+9.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTSLCIIAZZSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%37.7%32.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.5%36.4%30.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.320.831.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.01-0.180.96 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.7%-53.5%-46.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.1%-46.0%-17.3% -2.5%
52-week high $64.02$157.13$160.17 $779.14
52-week low $35.79$78.16$97.64 $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.

MultipleTSLCIIAZZ
P/E now vs peer median 32.1xmedian 25.9x 9.8xmedian 25.9x 23.7xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 1.9x 0.5xmedian 1.9x 2.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.8xmedian 13.7x 6.4xmedian 13.7x 11.6xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 21.1x 7.2xmedian 21.1x 18.5xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x 2.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.19 0.26median 1.19 0.27median 1.19

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 monthsTSLCIIAZZ
Revenue $12.04B $4.03B $1.75B
Gross profit $4.08B $1.03B $423.83M
Operating income $2.23B $301.92M $287.42M
Net income $1.97B $211.27M $167.46M
Free cash flow $2.78B $286.96M $214.45M
EPS (diluted) – $8.66 $5.56
Cash & equivalents $9.02B $216.51M $1.95M
Total debt $1.27B $852.59M $468.47M
Shares (diluted) – 24.39M 30.12M
Enterprise value $33.72B $1.36B $3.99B

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
MetricTSLCIIAZZ
P/E 32.1x 9.8x 23.7x
P/FCF 22.4x 7.2x 18.5x
P/Operating cash flow 27.9x 6.0x 13.6x
P/S 5.2x 0.5x 2.3x
P/B 3.6x 1.4x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 1.9x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA 18.8x 6.4x 11.6x
EV/EBIT 24.1x 8.9x 15.4x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 0.7x 2.5x
EV/FCF 19.3x 9.4x 20.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.0x 7.8x 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.26 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSLCIIAZZ
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 4.1% 9.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.7% 0.1% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.7% 13.4% 11.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.9% 8.7% 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.0% 26.3% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% 29.3% 11.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% 38.8% -46.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% 35.5% 99.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 43.1% -46.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 37.4% 87.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% 1.9% -42.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% -13.1% 20.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.2% -3.4% -47.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% -12.9% 35.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSLCIIAZZ
Gross margin 33.9% 25.7% 24.3%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 10.5% 21.8%
Operating margin 18.5% 7.5% 16.5%
Pretax margin 20.5% 7.1% 12.9%
Net margin 15.9% 5.2% 9.6%
FCF margin 23.1% 7.1% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin 18.6% 8.6% 16.7%
Return on equity 11.4% 15.0% 12.0%
Return on assets 9.7% 6.5% 7.3%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 9.7% 11.4%
Return on capital employed 11.0% 11.4% 14.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.6x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSLCIIAZZ
Debt / assets 1.5% 26.1% 20.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.6x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 1.5x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 3.0x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 15.2% 56.2% 39.5%
Equity / assets 84.8% 43.8% 60.5%
Interest coverage 45.4x – 6.3x
Current ratio – 2.5x 1.8x
Quick ratio 70.8x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash ratio 58.2x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.12 4.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSLCIIAZZ
Dividend yield 3.1% 5.4% 0.7%
Net buyback yield -1.6% 0.3% –
Shareholder yield 1.5% 5.8% 0.7%
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.

ConsensusTSLCIIAZZ
Forward P/E 14.7xFY2026 – 18.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.96FY2026 – $7.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 – +18.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.0% – +12.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.00BFY2026 $4.16BFY2026 $1.97BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +19.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.3% +6.6% -8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSLCIIAZZ
Held by institutions 3.6% 100.0% 94.6%
Institutions holding 283 358 364
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% -3.1% +1.1%
Institutions buying 154 179 196
Institutions selling 78 123 119
Buyers to sellers 1.97 1.46 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.

TSLCIIAZZ
TS 1.00 -0.02 0.19
LCII -0.02 1.00 0.24
AZZ 0.19 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TS, LCII and AZZ?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tenaris (TS) $62.68B, Lci Industries (LCII) $2.14B, Azz (AZZ) $4.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, TS, LCII and AZZ?

Lci Industries (LCII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tenaris (TS) 32.8x, Lci Industries (LCII) 10.1x, Azz (AZZ) 23.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tenaris (TS) is cheapest (Tenaris (TS) 14.7x, Azz (AZZ) 18.0x). 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: Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%, Azz (AZZ) +9.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%, Azz (AZZ) 9.6%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Azz (AZZ) 11.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Tenaris (TS) +58.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) -6.7%, Azz (AZZ) +31.0%. Over five years, Azz (AZZ) compounded fastest (Tenaris (TS) +20.4%/yr, Lci Industries (LCII) -9.5%/yr, Azz (AZZ) +20.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Tenaris (TS) 29.2%, Lci Industries (LCII) 37.7%, Azz (AZZ) 32.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.