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Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) vs Hudson Technologies, Inc. (HDSN)

Ascent Industries Co. and Hudson Technologies, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Hudson Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $172.1M against $122.4M — 1.4× the size. Ascent Industries Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.2% against 2.31%. Hudson Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.54% vs −5.31%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.27% vs −5.92%). Across the 18 metrics below, Hudson Technologies, Inc. leads on 12 and Ascent Industries Co. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACNT HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 1.47 0.71 1.64
P/B 1.54 0.70 1.88
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.19 12.87
EV/Sales 1.17 0.69 1.88
Earnings yield (3.46%) (0.54%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield (6.83%) (18.36%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ACNT HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.11% 21.00% 27.84%
Operating margin (5.91%) 0.37% 5.64%
Net margin (5.31%) (0.54%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin (10.06%) (13.03%) 3.49%
Return on equity (5.24%) (0.51%) 2.34%
Return on assets (3.88%) (0.40%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital (5.92%) 0.27% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ACNT HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 23.16% 2.31% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.72% (28.85%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (21.78%) 10.81% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACNT HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 4.33 3.40 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 21.99 (1.59) 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ACNT HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 122.39m 172.14m 2.08b

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