Pricing Log in Create free account

Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (FEAM)

Ascent Industries Co. and 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Ascent Industries Co. is the larger, with a market value of $122.4M against $93.8M — 1.3× the size. 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −5.31%) and the lower return on invested capital (−60.7% vs −5.92%). Across the 14 metrics below, Ascent Industries Co. leads on 7 and 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ACNT FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 1.47 n/m 1.64
P/B 1.54 0.89 1.88
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.87
EV/Sales 1.17 n/m 1.88
Earnings yield (3.46%) (81.82%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield (6.83%) (46.42%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ACNT FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 0.00% 27.84%
Operating margin (5.91%) 0.00% 5.64%
Net margin (5.31%) 0.00% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) 0.00% 3.49%
Return on equity (5.24%) (67.42%) 2.34%
Return on assets (3.88%) (61.87%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital (5.92%) (60.65%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric ACNT FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% — 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% 63.80% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) — 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 4.33 7.12 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 0.89 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACNT FEAM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 122.39m 93.81m 2.08b

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack