TS vs WS vs IIIN Stock Comparison

Tenaris, Worthington Steel and Insteel Industries Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
8 wins
WS Worthington Steel, Inc.
$40.81 +17.4% 1M +31.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.12B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
0.02%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
IIIN Insteel Industries Inc
$27.74 -6.2% 1M -9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$544.66M
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$707.68M
Div. yield
0.04%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionTSWSIIINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.68B $2.12B $544.66M TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.8x -55.3x 15.0x IIIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.7x 10.7x 18.5x WS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +69.1% +17.1% WS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% -0.7% 5.1% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 0.2% — TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 19.9x — TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.04% IIIN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +58.7% +31.3% -9.9% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.4%/yr — -5.3%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 47.1% 41.4% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 33/100 50/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

TSWSIIIN

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

AxisTSWSIIIN
Valuation 42 #119 of 203 60 #82 of 203 65 #72 of 203
Growth 17 #156 of 188 32 #128 of 188 23 #145 of 188
Profitability 81 #36 of 187 29 #134 of 187 44 #106 of 187
Financial Health 99 #4 of 222 10 #200 of 222 85 #35 of 222
Shareholder Returns 52 #74 of 153 34 #102 of 153 33 #103 of 153
Overall 58 33 50
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WS 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

PeriodTSWSIIINSPY
1 month +4.4%+17.4%-6.2% -1.0%
3 months +1.0%+13.4%-15.3% +2.9%
6 months -8.0%+8.1%+9.9% +6.4%
Year to date +51.4%+17.9%-12.4% +11.4%
1 year +58.7%+31.3%-9.9% +13.1%
3 years +78.8%—-1.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +21.4%—-0.5% +21.5%
5 years +152.4%—-23.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +20.4%—-5.3% +10.9%
10 years +100.8%—+0.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year +7.2%—+0.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTSWSIIINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%47.1%41.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.5%49.6%51.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.321.620.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.010.67-0.24 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.7%-51.5%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.1%-16.2%-27.2% -2.5%
52-week high $64.02$48.69$38.11 $779.14
52-week low $35.79$28.10$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.

MultipleTSWSIIIN
P/E now vs peer median 32.1xmedian 25.9x -53.3xmedian 25.9x 14.8xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.8xmedian 13.7x 41.2xmedian 13.7x 8.0xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 21.1x 44.8xmedian 21.1x -55.0xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.3x 1.3xmedian 2.3x 1.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.19 1.64median 1.19 -1.40median 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 monthsTSWSIIIN
Revenue $12.04B $5.30B $707.68M
Gross profit $4.08B $549.30M $83.27M
Operating income $2.23B $6.30M $46.42M
Net income $1.97B -$56.50M $36.38M
Free cash flow $2.78B $46.70M -$9.76M
EPS (diluted) – $-0.77 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $9.02B $248.20M $22.95M
Total debt $1.27B $2.89B –
Shares (diluted) – 50.00M 19.49M
Enterprise value $33.72B $1.60B $452.40M

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
MetricTSWSIIIN
P/E 32.1x -53.3x 14.8x
P/FCF 22.4x 44.8x -55.0x
P/Operating cash flow 27.9x 10.4x 526.0x
P/S 5.2x 0.4x 0.8x
P/B 3.6x 1.3x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 1.3x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 18.8x 41.2x 8.0x
EV/EBIT 24.1x 641.0x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 0.8x 0.7x
EV/FCF 19.3x 86.5x -52.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.0x 20.0x 503.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.64 -1.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSWSIIIN
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 69.1% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.7% 15.5% 0.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.7% 36.2% 8.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.9% 13.4% -3.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.0% -95.9% 21.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% -65.2% -8.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% -144.9% 16.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% -34.5% -10.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – -132.7% 17.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -32.5% -10.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% 18.9% -98.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% -10.4% -77.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.2% 50.2% -118.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% -41.1% -29.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSWSIIIN
Gross margin 33.9% 10.4% 11.8%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 1.8% 9.1%
Operating margin 18.5% 0.1% 6.6%
Pretax margin 20.5% -0.2% 6.7%
Net margin 15.9% -0.7% 5.1%
FCF margin 23.1% 0.9% -1.4%
Operating cash flow margin 18.6% 3.8% 0.1%
Return on equity 11.4% -4.0% 9.9%
Return on assets 9.7% -1.4% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 0.2% –
Return on capital employed 11.0% 0.3% 11.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.3x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -3.6x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSWSIIIN
Debt / assets 1.5% 36.5% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 19.9x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 47.0x –
Liabilities / assets 15.2% 72.8% 21.6%
Equity / assets 84.8% 27.2% 78.4%
Interest coverage 45.4x 0.5x 773.6x
Current ratio – 1.8x 3.6x
Quick ratio 70.8x 0.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 58.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 1.54 6.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSWSIIIN
Dividend yield 3.1% 1.6% 4.0%
Net buyback yield -1.6% – 0.6%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 1.6% 4.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -57.9% 59.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 70.0% -222.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.2% -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.

ConsensusTSWSIIIN
Forward P/E 14.7xFY2026 10.7xFY2026 18.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.96FY2026 $3.82FY2026 $1.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 +71.3%FY2026 -28.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +2.0% +30.4% +69.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.00BFY2026 $10.90BFY2026 $703.46MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026 +217.0%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.3% +2.4% +5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSWSIIIN
Held by institutions 3.6% 56.3% 82.1%
Institutions holding 283 238 187
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +1.2% +0.9%
Institutions buying 154 112 122
Institutions selling 78 68 48
Buyers to sellers 1.97 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.

TSWSIIIN
TS 1.00 0.21 0.08
WS 0.21 1.00 0.33
IIIN 0.08 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TS, WS and IIIN?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tenaris (TS) $62.68B, Worthington Steel (WS) $2.12B, Insteel Industries (IIIN) $544.66M.

Which stock is cheaper, TS, WS and IIIN?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tenaris (TS) 32.8x, Worthington Steel (WS) -55.3x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 15.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Worthington Steel (WS) is cheapest (Tenaris (TS) 14.7x, Worthington Steel (WS) 10.7x, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 18.5x). 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%, Worthington Steel (WS) +69.1%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Worthington Steel (WS) -0.7%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Tenaris (TS) +58.7%, Worthington Steel (WS) +31.3%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -9.9%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Tenaris (TS) +20.4%/yr, Insteel Industries (IIIN) -5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Insteel Industries (IIIN) has the highest dividend yield: Tenaris (TS) 0.00%, Worthington Steel (WS) 0.02%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 0.04%. Tenaris (TS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Tenaris (TS) 29.2%, Worthington Steel (WS) 47.1%, Insteel Industries (IIIN) 41.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TS, WS 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.