Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs AdvanSix (ASIX)

Ascent Industries Co. and AdvanSix are both Chemicals companies. AdvanSix is the larger, with a market value of $425.3M against $131.9M — 3.2× the size. Ascent Industries Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.2% against 2.96%. AdvanSix has the higher net margin (−1.14% vs −5.31%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.75% vs −5.92%). Across the 19 metrics below, AdvanSix leads on 13 and Ascent Industries Co. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.59 0.27 0.44
P/B 1.67 0.54 1.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 7.30
EV/EBITDA n/m 10.33 9.48
EV/Sales 1.29 0.47 0.86
Earnings yield (3.06%) (4.18%) (10.53%)
Free cash flow yield (6.32%) (6.03%) 4.86%

Profitability

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 5.62% 16.03%
Operating margin (5.91%) (0.82%) (0.82%)
Net margin (5.31%) (1.14%) (3.05%)
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) (1.65%) 1.50%
Return on equity (5.24%) (2.19%) (5.24%)
Return on assets (3.88%) (1.07%) (2.51%)
Return on invested capital (5.92%) (0.75%) (0.75%)

Growth

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 2.96% 2.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% 11.11% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) 5.62% 2.20%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 1.36% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.35 0.71
Current ratio 4.33 1.28 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 1.39 3.49

Dividend

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 0.33% 2.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.15 0.00

Size

Metric ACNT ASIX Chemicals median
Market cap 131.90m 425.27m 643.59m

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