Albemarle Corporation (ALB) vs DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD)

Albemarle Corporation and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $17.6B against $12.9B — 1.4× the size. Albemarle Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 229× against 293×. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 75.7% against 18.3%. Albemarle Corporation has the higher net margin (0.97% vs 0.79%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.46% vs 2.84%). Both pay a dividend; DuPont de Nemours, Inc. yields more (2.25% vs 1.41%). Across the 22 metrics below, Albemarle Corporation leads on 14 and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 228.60 292.75 24.83
P/S 2.19 2.56 1.46
P/B 1.56 1.29 1.76
Price to free cash flow 9.58 25.50 19.84
EV/EBITDA 12.27 14.59 13.18
EV/Sales 2.23 2.76 1.84
Earnings yield 0.44% 0.34% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 10.44% 3.92% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.81% 35.13% 29.23%
Operating margin 4.27% 9.90% 3.63%
Net margin 0.97% 0.79% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 22.87% 10.05% 3.78%
Return on equity 0.69% 0.29% 3.62%
Return on assets 0.35% 0.19% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 1.46% 2.84% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.32% 75.67% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.57% (211.38%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.45% (9.25%) 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.23 0.54
Current ratio 2.09 2.43 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.33 2.09 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.41% 2.25% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.68 0.25

Size

Metric ALB DD Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 12.90b 17.58b 2.43b

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