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Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE)

Ascent Industries Co. and Gulf Resources, Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Ascent Industries Co. is the larger, with a market value of $122.1M against $5.5M — 22.4× the size. Gulf Resources, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 120.8% against 23.2%. Ascent Industries Co. has the higher net margin (−5.31% vs −134.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (−5.92% vs −3.43%). Across the 18 metrics below, Ascent Industries Co. leads on 11 and Gulf Resources, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 1.46 0.18 0.42
P/B 1.53 0.05 1.03
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 7.64
EV/EBITDA n/m 0.14 9.25
EV/Sales 1.16 0.05 0.84
Earnings yield (3.34%) (971.65%) (11.13%)
Free cash flow yield (6.88%) (98.62%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% (2.74%) 16.03%
Operating margin (5.91%) (19.57%) (0.82%)
Net margin (5.31%) (134.42%) (3.05%)
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) (15.78%) (0.15%)
Return on equity (5.24%) (32.31%) (5.24%)
Return on assets (3.88%) (27.40%) (2.51%)
Return on invested capital (5.92%) (3.43%) (0.75%)

Growth

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 120.75% 2.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% 39.98% (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) (2.06%) 2.20%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.05 0.71
Current ratio 4.33 2.65 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 0.88 3.49

Dividend

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 4.39%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ACNT GURE Chemicals median
Market cap 122.08m 5.46m 565.34m

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