Is the price fair?
What CRS's price assumes
Carpenter Technology Corporation trades at 45.9× earnings against 35.9× for the median Metal Fabrication name, more expensive than its own group.
45.9
Trailing P/E · Metal Fabrication median 35.9 · 1.28× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 6.54
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 1.2%
Free cash flow yield · Metal Fabrication median 3.4%
- Growth the price implies
- +24%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +24% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; revenue has grown −4.9% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 9.58
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 31.3
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 6.67
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Metal Fabrication median P/E9 names
- 35.9
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $362M
- Market capitalisation
- $29.1B
- 3-year revenue growth
- −4.9%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $126.94 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $294.65 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $339.80 |
| 52-week range | $231.97 – $604.15 |
| Today | $483.30 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Metal Fabrication
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