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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) vs Ecolab Inc. (ECL)

Albemarle Corporation and Ecolab Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Ecolab Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $77.2B against $12.9B — 6.0× the size. Ecolab Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 37.3× against 229×. Albemarle Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.3% against 7.11%. Ecolab Inc. has the higher net margin (12.6% vs 0.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.83% vs 1.46%). Both pay a dividend; Albemarle Corporation yields more (1.41% vs 1.06%). Across the 22 metrics below, Albemarle Corporation leads on 13 and Ecolab Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 228.60 37.27 24.83
P/S 2.19 4.66 1.46
P/B 1.56 7.78 1.76
Price to free cash flow 9.58 41.59 19.84
EV/EBITDA 12.27 22.28 13.18
EV/Sales 2.23 5.14 1.84
Earnings yield 0.44% 2.68% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 10.44% 2.40% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.81% 44.11% 29.23%
Operating margin 4.27% 16.93% 3.63%
Net margin 0.97% 12.57% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 22.87% 11.20% 3.78%
Return on equity 0.69% 21.78% 3.62%
Return on assets 0.35% 7.89% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 1.46% 9.83% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.32% 7.11% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.57% (1.22%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.45% 6.40% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.18 1.31 0.54
Current ratio 2.09 1.84 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.33 2.04 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.41% 1.06% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.51 0.25

Size

Metric ALB ECL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 12.90b 77.19b 2.43b

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