Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS): Price and Financial Metrics

LAWS POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where LAWS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 95.03% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LAWS is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• LAWS ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 39th percentile.

LAWS Stock Summary

• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for LAWS is currently 61.31, higher than 91.84% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• Of note is the ratio of Lawson Products Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.61% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 164%, Lawson Products Inc's debt growth rate surpasses 93.31% of about US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Lawson Products Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be HZO, MIXT, GAIA, ZYXI, and ZUMZ.
• LAWS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Lawson Products Inc's official web site, go to www.lawsonproducts.com.

LAWS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, LAWS's EV/EBIT ratio is 92.06% higher, now standing at 41.1.
• Over the past 243 months, LAWS's price/earnings ratio has gone up 44.2.
• Over the past 243 months, LAWS's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LAWS.

LAWS Growth Metrics

Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -1.72%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -5.04%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 65.81%.

LAWS's revenue has moved up $61,212,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows LAWS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	417.733	5.449	9.406
2021-09-30	413.799	18.67	10.41
2021-06-30	398.506	33.983	8.492
2021-03-31	364.112	37.94	6.176
2020-12-31	351.591	32.528	15.113
2020-09-30	342.024	21.178	11.884

LAWS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LAWS has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 90.71% of graded US stocks.
• LAWS's asset turnover comes in at 1.623 -- ranking 47th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• USFD, PFGC, and INT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LAWS.

The table below shows LAWS's key quality metrics over time.