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Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs Core Molding Technologies Inc (CMT)

Ascent Industries Co. and Core Molding Technologies Inc are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Core Molding Technologies Inc is the larger, with a market value of $186.3M against $122.4M — 1.5× the size. Ascent Industries Co. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Core Molding Technologies Inc trades at 25.6×. Ascent Industries Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.2% against 9.41%. Core Molding Technologies Inc has the higher net margin (2.44% vs −5.31%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.21% vs −5.92%). Across the 19 metrics below, Core Molding Technologies Inc leads on 13 and Ascent Industries Co. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 25.65 24.46
P/S 1.47 0.63 1.64
P/B 1.54 1.12 1.88
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.18 12.87
EV/Sales 1.17 0.64 1.88
Earnings yield (3.46%) 3.90% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield (6.83%) (10.68%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 17.27% 27.84%
Operating margin (5.91%) 2.88% 5.64%
Net margin (5.31%) 2.44% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) (6.73%) 3.49%
Return on equity (5.24%) 4.41% 2.34%
Return on assets (3.88%) 3.10% 0.45%
Return on invested capital (5.92%) 3.21% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 9.41% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% (14.57%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) 4.25% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 7.66% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.03 0.59
Current ratio 4.33 1.86 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 (0.69) 2.03

Dividend

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric ACNT CMT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 122.39m 186.28m 2.08b

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