Insider and Institutional Ownership
28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Perma-Pipe International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.4% of Webco Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webco Industries has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Perma-Pipe International and Webco Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Perma-Pipe International | $158.38 million | 1.28 | $8.98 million | $1.54 | 16.46 |
| Webco Industries | $608.44 million | 0.21 | $16.05 million | $8.95 | 20.78 |
Webco Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Perma-Pipe International. Perma-Pipe International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Webco Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Perma-Pipe International and Webco Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Perma-Pipe International | 7.31% | 17.84% | 7.81% |
| Webco Industries | 1.23% | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Perma-Pipe International beats Webco Industries on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Perma-Pipe International
Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engineers, designs, manufactures, and sells specialty piping and leak detection systems. It offers insulated and jacketed district heating and cooling piping systems for energy distribution from central energy plants to various locations; and primary and secondary containment piping systems for transporting chemicals, hazardous fluids, and petroleum products, as well as engages in the coating and insulation of oil and gas gathering and transmission pipelines. The company also offers liquid and powder based anti-corrosion coatings for external and internal surfaces of steel pipe, including shapes like bends, reducers, tees, and other spools/fittings that is used in pipelines for the transportation of oil and gas products and potable water. It has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, India, and internationally. The company was formerly known as MFRI, Inc. and changed its name to Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. in March 2017. Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.
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.
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