Webco Industries (WEBC) & Its Rivals Critical Survey

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Webco Industries and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Webco Industries	$584.68 million	$9.32 million	9.87
Webco Industries Competitors	$5.03 billion	$268.32 million	-21.19

Webco Industries’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Webco Industries. Webco Industries is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Webco Industries and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Webco Industries	3.09%	N/A	N/A
Webco Industries Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.50%	-2.08%

Volatility and Risk

Webco Industries has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webco Industries’ rivals have a beta of 0.99, suggesting that their average share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 54.4% of Webco Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Webco Industries beats its rivals on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Webco Industries

Webco Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes carbon steel, stainless steel, and other metal tubular products. The company offers cold drawn welded and seamless tubing products for use in air cooler and heater, boiler tube, coiled tubing, steam surface condenser, feed water heater, heat exchanger, instrumentation tubing, mechanical tube, welded pipe, pressure tubing, and specialty stainless tubing, as well as original equipment manufacturer applications. It serves power-gen tubing, oil and gas tubular, process tubing, and automotive/industrial tubular industries. Webco Industries, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.