Processes carbon flat-rolled sheets, coil, and plate products. Distributes processed aluminum and stainless flat-rolled sheets and coil products. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 12% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The gap is $300.9M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 23.5× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Analysts' average target sits 14% below today's price.
The stock trades 34% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 12% a year on average.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
It pays out $0.64 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The stock trades 14% above the average analyst price target.
Since the drop from its peak, buyer appetite hasn’t come back.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.
One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.