Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs ASP Isotopes Inc. (ASPI)

Ascent Industries Co. and ASP Isotopes Inc. are both Chemicals companies. ASP Isotopes Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $466.1M against $131.9M — 3.5× the size. ASP Isotopes Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 573.4% against 23.2%. Ascent Industries Co. has the higher net margin (−5.31% vs −428.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−5.92% vs −22.2%). Across the 17 metrics below, Ascent Industries Co. leads on 14 and ASP Isotopes Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.59 11.65 0.44
P/B 1.67 1.31 1.13
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 7.30
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 9.48
EV/Sales 1.29 11.80 0.86
Earnings yield (3.06%) (45.05%) (10.53%)
Free cash flow yield (6.32%) (23.21%) 4.86%

Profitability

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 18.32% 16.03%
Operating margin (5.91%) (321.11%) (0.82%)
Net margin (5.31%) (428.00%) (3.05%)
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) (270.50%) 1.50%
Return on equity (5.24%) (87.13%) (5.24%)
Return on assets (3.88%) (37.30%) (2.51%)
Return on invested capital (5.92%) (22.17%) (0.75%)

Growth

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 573.42% 2.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% (234.92%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) — 2.20%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.96 0.71
Current ratio 4.33 3.87 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 1.98 3.49

Dividend

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 2.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric ACNT ASPI Chemicals median
Market cap 131.90m 466.06m 643.59m

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