Which is more profitable, Carpenter Technology or Steel Dynamics?

Carpenter Technology keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Carpenter Technology or Steel Dynamics?

Carpenter Technology grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Carpenter Technology or Steel Dynamics?

Carpenter Technology costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Carpenter Technology or Steel Dynamics?

Carpenter Technology would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Carpenter Technology vs Steel Dynamics stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Carpenter Technology is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Carpenter Technology	Steel Dynamics
	$14.4 billion	$32.6 billion
	17.0%	6.5%
	+16.2%	+13.6%
	27.3×	27.5×
	0.4 years	1.5 years
	16.5%	9.0%
	0.2%	0.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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