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Albemarle Corporation (ALB) vs Sasol Ltd. (SSL)

Albemarle Corporation and Sasol Ltd. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Albemarle Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $11.6B against $10.1B — 1.1× the size. Sasol Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.5× against 199×. Sasol Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.6% against 18.3%. Sasol Ltd. has the higher net margin (8.89% vs 0.97%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 1.46%). Only Albemarle Corporation pays a dividend (1.70%). Across the 20 metrics below, Albemarle Corporation leads on 10 and Sasol Ltd. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 198.92 3.51 25.37
P/S 1.91 n/m 1.46
P/B 1.36 n/m 1.84
Price to free cash flow 8.33 n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA 10.71 0.37 12.82
EV/Sales 1.95 0.11 1.85
Earnings yield 0.50% 28.51% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 12.00% 0.00% 2.16%

Profitability

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.81% 33.45% 29.23%
Operating margin 4.27% 0.00% 3.63%
Net margin 0.97% 8.89% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 22.87% 0.00% 3.76%
Return on equity 0.69% 0.00% 3.62%
Return on assets 0.35% 0.00% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 1.46% 0.00% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.32% 26.64% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.57% 91.38% (14.40%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.45% 4.12% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.65 0.54
Current ratio 2.09 1.79 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.33 1.56 2.03

Dividend

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.70% 0.00% 1.73%
Payout ratio 6.02 — 0.41

Size

Metric ALB SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 11.59b 10.09b 2.41b

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