Metal Fabrication: Commercial Metals Company owns the largest revenue base; Tredegar Corporation has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Metal Fabrication moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 63% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 35% on average over the last four reported quarters.
TURNING · ahead 3w✓Price and the fundamentals both up6 of 12 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months2 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more
Metal Fabrication, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyBroadening down the ladderHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together6 of 12 stocks moving
Fresh2 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score −2 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large2/30
Mid0/40
Small4/5+2
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 12 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Metal Fabrication outperforming S&P 500?
Metal Fabrication has outperformed S&P 500 by 26.7% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 3.6%. 7 of 12 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Carpenter Technology Corporation is the strongest against the sector itself at +27.4%.
+3.6%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+26.7%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
7/12Stocks leading S&P 500
6/12Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Metal Fabrication has outperformed S&P 500 by 26.7% over 52 weeks and 3.6% over 13 weeks. 7 of 12 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 6 of 12 beat the sector itself. Commercial Metals Company leads with revenue of $8,850 million, based on 9 of 14 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Is the Metal Fabrication sector outperforming S&P 500?
Metal Fabrication has outperformed S&P 500 by 26.7% over 52 weeks and 3.6% over 13 weeks. 7 of 12 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 6 of 12 beat the sector itself.
Which Metal Fabrication company is largest by revenue?
Commercial Metals Company leads with revenue of $8,850 million, based on 9 of 14 comparable companies through Jun 2026.
Which Metal Fabrication company is growing fastest?
Tredegar Corporation has the fastest current revenue growth at 20.2%, across 9 of 14 comparable companies.
Which Metal Fabrication company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Carpenter Technology Corporation ranks first at 66.1/100 with 82% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Metal Fabrication company reports the most CAPEX?
Commercial Metals Company reports the largest latest CAPEX at $156 million, with 12 of 14 companies comparable.
Which Metal Fabrication company has the least gross debt?
Insteel Industries Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million. Commercial Metals Company has the highest at $3,400 million.
Which Metal Fabrication company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Tredegar Corporation has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.26, among 5 of 14 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Metal Fabrication comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
14
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$89.6B
Carpenter Technology Corporation
Revenue growing
8/9
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
7/12
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Carpenter Technology Corporation has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 82% evidence confidence.
ATI Inc. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -11.4% and the one-year return is 40.2%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -22.4% and the one-year return is -10.2%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
17.5/35Growth & earnings
Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change —
0% evidence
14.6/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 14% · debt/equity —
34% evidence
10.0/20Valuation
P/E — · PEG —
0% evidence
10.0/20Relative strength
RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y —
0% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Commercial Metals Company has the highest Revenue among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at $8,850 million. Ryerson Holding Corporation is next at $5,003 million. Tredegar Corporation has the highest Revenue growth at 20.2%, so level and change sit with different companies. 9 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Commercial Metals Company is the scale leader at $8,850 million, 76.9% ahead of Ryerson Holding Corporation. Tredegar Corporation's growth is 20.2% from a $744 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderCommercial Metals Company · $8,850 million
Gap76.9% versus #2 · Ryerson Holding Corporation
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage9/14 companies · 224 observations
Investor read: Commercial Metals Company is the scale benchmark; Tredegar Corporation is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Commercial Metals Company's growth falls below Tredegar Corporation's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Commercial Metals Company CMC$8.9B
2Ryerson Holding Corporation RYZ$5.0B
3ATI Inc. ATI$4.6B
4Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS$3.0B
5Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR$1.4B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Tredegar Corporation TG20%
2Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR20%
3Commercial Metals Company CMC15%
4Ryerson Holding Corporation RYZ11%
5Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB9.0%
Revenue · company comparison
9/14 level · 9/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Mueller Industries, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at 26.2%. Carpenter Technology Corporation is next at 23%. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +15.8 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Mueller Industries, Inc. leads opm at 26.2%; Worthington Enterprises, Inc. leads margin change at +15.8 percentage points.
LeaderMueller Industries, Inc. · 26.2%
Gap13.9% versus #2 · Carpenter Technology Corporation
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/14 companies · 224 observations
Investor read: Mueller Industries, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI26%
2Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS23%
3ATI Inc. ATI14%
4ESAB Corporation ESAB12%
5Commercial Metals Company CMC9.2%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR+15.8 pp
2Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI+5.6 pp
3Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS+4.0 pp
4Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB+3.5 pp
5Commercial Metals Company CMC+3.2 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
12/14 level · 12/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Commercial Metals Company has the highest Net profit among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at $595 million. Carpenter Technology Corporation is next at $480 million. The same company also holds the highest Profit growth, at the 100% top of the scoring scale. 9 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Commercial Metals Company leads with $595 million of TTM profit, 24% above Carpenter Technology Corporation. Commercial Metals Company shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (1552.8% uncapped) growth from a $595 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderCommercial Metals Company · $595 million
Gap24% versus #2 · Carpenter Technology Corporation
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage9/14 companies · 224 observations
Investor read: Commercial Metals Company sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Commercial Metals Company CMC$595M
2Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS$480M
3ATI Inc. ATI$440M
4Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR$155M
5Tredegar Corporation TG$28M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Commercial Metals Company CMC100%
2Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR63%
3Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB56%
4Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS34%
5ATI Inc. ATI5.8%
Net profit · company comparison
9/14 level · 6/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Commercial Metals Company has the highest CAPEX among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at $156 million. Carpenter Technology Corporation is next at $69 million. Carpenter Technology Corporation has the highest CAPEX intensity at 8.5%, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Commercial Metals Company reports $156 million of CAPEX; Carpenter Technology Corporation has the highest covered intensity at 8.5%. Coverage is only 12 of 14 companies and 226 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderCommercial Metals Company · $156 million
Gap126.1% versus #2 · Carpenter Technology Corporation
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/14 companies · 226 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Commercial Metals Company CMC$156M
2Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS$69M
3ATI Inc. ATI$55M
4Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI$22M
5Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR$16M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS8.5%
2Commercial Metals Company CMC6.3%
3ATI Inc. ATI4.8%
4Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR4.3%
5Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP2.9%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
12/14 level · 12/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Insteel Industries Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at $0 million. Proto Labs, Inc. is next at $3 million. Mueller Industries, Inc. has the lowest Net debt at $1,391 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies. Its Gross debt series carries 19 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: Mueller Industries, Inc. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $1,391 million net cash and gross debt of $25 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderInsteel Industries Inc. · $0 million
Gap100% versus #2 · Proto Labs, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/14 companies · 225 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN$0M
2Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB$3M
3Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI$25M
4Tredegar Corporation TG$59M
5Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP$139M
Net debtlowest net debt
1Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI$-1.4B
2Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB$-133M
3Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN$-23M
4Tredegar Corporation TG$43M
5Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP$130M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
12/14 level · 12/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Xinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited has the highest ROCE among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at 18.1%. Nintech Mould Factory Inc. is next at 14%. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +3.6 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Xinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited leads ROCE at 18.1%, 4.1 percentage points above Nintech Mould Factory Inc.. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +3.6 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderXinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited · 18.1%
Gap29.3% versus #2 · Nintech Mould Factory Inc.
PersistenceNot enough history
Coverage14/14 companies · 222 observations
Investor read: Xinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Xinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited XXC18%
2Nintech Mould Factory Inc. NTMJ14%
3Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI9.3%
4Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS6.1%
5ATI Inc. ATI4.0%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR+3.6 pp
2Tredegar Corporation TG+1.3 pp
3Commercial Metals Company CMC+1.2 pp
4Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS+1.2 pp
5Ryerson Holding Corporation RYZ+0.9 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
14/14 level · 14/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Tredegar Corporation has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at 0.26×. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. is next at 0.37×. The same company also holds the lowest P/E, at 9.46×. 5 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Tredegar Corporation has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.26×, 29.7% below Worthington Enterprises, Inc.. Only 5 of 14 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderTredegar Corporation · 0.26×
Gap29.7% versus #2 · Worthington Enterprises, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage5/14 companies · 19 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Tredegar Corporation TG0.3
2Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR0.4
3Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS1.2
4Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB1.6
5ATI Inc. ATI4.9
P/Elowest P/E
1Tredegar Corporation TG9.5
2Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP9.9
3Commercial Metals Company CMC14.3
4Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN16.4
5Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI16.7
Valuation · company comparison
5/14 level · 12/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Insteel Industries Inc. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 14 Metal Fabrication companies compared here, at 8.89×. Tredegar Corporation is next at 9.22×. Ryerson Holding Corporation has the lowest P/BV at 0.91×, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Insteel Industries Inc. leads ev/ebitda at 8.89×; Ryerson Holding Corporation leads p/bv at 0.91×.
LeaderInsteel Industries Inc. · 8.89×
Gap3.6% versus #2 · Tredegar Corporation
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/14 companies · 194 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN8.9
2Tredegar Corporation TG9.2
3Commercial Metals Company CMC9.8
4Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP11.2
5Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI11.4
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Ryerson Holding Corporation RYZ0.9
2Tredegar Corporation TG1.2
3Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. MEC1.6
4Insteel Industries Inc. IIIN1.6
5Commercial Metals Company CMC1.9
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
12/14 level · 12/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation has the strongest one-year price move in Metal Fabrication at +165.5%. Carpenter Technology Corporation leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +40.3%. 7 of 12 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Metal Fabrication comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 14 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 14 companies in the canonical Metal Fabrication membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 14 Metal Fabrication companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Metal Fabrication comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 14 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Metal Fabrication company is the biggest?
Commercial Metals Company is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $8,850 million, ahead of Ryerson Holding Corporation at $5,003 million. That covers 9 of 14 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.
Which Metal Fabrication company is growing fastest?
Tredegar Corporation has the fastest revenue growth at 20.2% year on year, across 9 of 14 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Metal Fabrication company has the best profit margins?
Mueller Industries, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 26.2%, from 12 of 14 comparable companies. Worthington Enterprises, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +15.8 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Metal Fabrication company makes the most profit?
Commercial Metals Company earns the most, at $595 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 9 of 14 comparable companies. Commercial Metals Company has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Metal Fabrication company earns the highest return on capital?
Xinxu Copper Industry Technology Limited leads on return on capital employed at 18.1%, across 14 of 14 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Metal Fabrication stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Tredegar Corporation screens cheapest at 0.26×. Only 5 of 14 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Metal Fabrication company has the strongest balance sheet?
Insteel Industries Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million, from 12 of 14 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Metal Fabrication company is investing most in new capacity?
Commercial Metals Company reports the largest capital spending at $156 million, across 12 of 14 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Metal Fabrication sector beating the market?
Metal Fabrication has outperformed S&P 500 by 26.7% over the last 52 weeks and 3.6% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 7 of 12 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Metal Fabrication stock has the strongest price momentum?
Carpenter Technology Corporation has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Metal Fabrication company scores highest for research priority?
Carpenter Technology Corporation scores 66.1 out of 100 with 82% evidence confidence, from 20.5 points on growth and earnings, 14.8 on capital efficiency, 10.8 on valuation and 20 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Metal Fabrication companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 14 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 6 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Metal Fabrication sector?
The 14 Metal Fabrication companies on this page carry $89,647 million of combined market value. Carpenter Technology Corporation is the largest at $27,845 million, about 31% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Metal Fabrication sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 14 Metal Fabrication companies on this page is 23.7×, measured on the 12 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Metal Fabrication sector performing?
7 of the 12 covered Metal Fabrication companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 26.7% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Metal Fabrication stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 14 listed Metal Fabrication companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.