Albemarle Corporation (ALB) vs Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. (SOLS)

Albemarle Corporation and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Albemarle Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $12.9B against $9.0B — 1.4× the size. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.2× against 229×. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. has the higher net margin (5.13% vs 0.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.7% vs 1.46%). Across the 19 metrics below, Albemarle Corporation leads on 10 and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 228.60 26.18 24.83
P/S 2.19 2.20 1.46
P/B 1.56 5.67 1.76
Price to free cash flow 9.58 51.41 19.84
EV/EBITDA 12.27 12.75 13.18
EV/Sales 2.23 2.52 1.84
Earnings yield 0.44% 3.82% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 10.44% 1.95% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.81% 30.62% 29.23%
Operating margin 4.27% 14.36% 3.63%
Net margin 0.97% 5.13% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 22.87% 4.27% 3.78%
Return on equity 0.69% 8.81% 3.62%
Return on assets 0.35% 7.10% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 1.46% 12.65% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.32% — 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.57% (60.91%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.45% — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.18 1.30 0.54
Current ratio 2.09 1.46 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.33 1.85 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.41% — 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.05 — 0.25

Size

Metric ALB SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 12.90b 8.99b 2.43b

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