Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	APDAir Products	LINLinde plc	NUENucor
Snapshot
Price	$283.11	$516.71	$244.93
Market cap	$62.40B	$236.92B	$55.53B
Valuation
P/E	29.8x	33.5x	24.1x
Forward P/E	21.7x	30.6x	17.2x
Growth
Revenue growth	3.7%	5.0%	12.3%
EPS growth	37.4%	9.4%	79.2%
Profitability
Net margin	16.9%	20.4%	6.8%
ROE	13.7%	18.4%	11.2%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	1.18x	0.71x	0.34x
Free cash flow yield	5.9%	3.7%	10.0%
Dividend yield	2.6%	1.2%	0.9%
Verdict
Investment rating	Neutral· 55	Neutral· 54	Favorable· 66

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	APDtoday $283	LINtoday $517	NUEtoday $245
2027	$291.74 – $427.89+51% CAGR	$423.81 – $621.58+20% CAGR	$329.24 – $482.89+97% CAGR
2028	$400.86 – $587.92+44% CAGR	$463.47 – $679.76+15% CAGR	$590.10 – $865.48+88% CAGR
2029	$550.78 – $807.81+42% CAGR	$506.85 – $743.39+13% CAGR	$1,057.63 – $1,551.20+85% CAGR
2030	$756.77 – $1,109.93+41% CAGR	$554.30 – $812.97+12% CAGR	$1,895.60 – $2,780.21+84% CAGR
2031	$1,039.80 – $1,525.04+40% CAGR	$606.18 – $889.06+11% CAGR	$3,397.48 – $4,982.97+83% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	29.7% – 40.0%	3.2% – 11.5%	69.2% – 82.7%