MFRI INC PPIH: Stock price, financial analysis and comparison with its peers

Stock - PPIH

MFRI INC

Prices and values in USD currency

Price - $13.76

Price is the close price as of yesterday market close (i.e. 2025-03-21). Prices are not updated in real time.

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Industrial Products

Employees

504.0

ISIN

US7141671039

Business summary

Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc manufactures pre-insulated piping and leak detection systems for oil and gas gathering, district heating and cooling, and other applications.

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	PPIH	GIFI	ETN	GE
Company Name	MFRI INC	Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.	Eaton Corp plc	GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Reason for selection	Selected stock	Stock with min Market Cap difference in Industry	Highest market cap. in industry	Highest market cap. in sector
Market Cap	$110 M	$109 M	$115,812 M	$220,929 M
Industry	Industrial Products	Industrial Products	Industrial Products	Industrial Products
Sector	Industrials	Industrials	Industrials	Industrials
Total Equity	$80 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Shares Outstanding	8 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Close	$13.76	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield	0.14%	*************************	*************************	*************************
ROIC	0.18%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Current Ratio	1.9	*************************	*************************	*************************
TBI Financial Score	58	*************************	*************************	*************************
Preferred Stocks	632,960	*************************	*************************	*************************
Total Capitalization	$110 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Book Value per Share	10	*************************	*************************	*************************
Earning Yield EBITavg3	0.11%	*************************	*************************	*************************
P E (3 years avg)	12	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Profit Margin	0.10%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Dividends Yield	nan%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Working Capital/Debt	NaN%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income	$16 M	*************************	*************************	*************************
Net Income 5yGrowth	NaN%	*************************	*************************	*************************
Num of Years w Dividends 10y	0	*************************	*************************	*************************

Investment Analysis Report: PPIH and his peers

Overview:

Below you'll find an AI powered output based on the selected companies for comparison. If you change the companies, the output will be re-calculated.

For the analysis we decided to use Graham (father of value investing) as inspiration, the comparison is structured and oriented as the writer did to compare companies back in his times in the chapter 13 of the famous book The Intelligent Investor.

1. Profitability

(a) From the table we can see that 2 companies out of 3 show satisfactory earnings on their invested capital.

But the figures for ETN are much more interesting. Showing values above 30%

A high rate of return on tangible book value often goes along with a high annual growth rate in earnings per share. Mainly due to the fact that the management seems to be qualified to assign invested capital to profitable businesses and make earnings grow over time.

(b) Profit margins are usually an indication of comparative strength or weakness. But it tends to fluctuate based on several factors which can lead to two types of higher-than-average margins: temporary margins caused by external factors (like rises in commodity prices that the company produce due to temporary high demand or temporary low offer), and competitive advantages which stem from the intrinsic company and firm-specific factors.

We define companies with net profit margins of over 20% as having very high margin.

There are zero companies in the selection showing this significant margins.

The following companies have a good margin (not high but still acceptable), what could mean that they have competitive advantages if not caused by external factors: ETN, GE.

2. Stability

Regarding stability of earnings, 2 companies out of 3 have reported positive net income in all of the last 10 years with available statements.

These are the companies from the table above that have always reported positive Net Income: GIFI, ETN.

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