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Ashland Inc. (ASH) vs H. B. Fuller Company (FUL)

Ashland Inc. and H. B. Fuller Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Ashland Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.5B against $2.7B — 1.3× the size. H. B. Fuller Company trades at the lower P/E: 13.8× against 67.1×. Ashland Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.14% against 1.48%. H. B. Fuller Company has the higher net margin (5.56% vs 0.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.77% vs 2.40%). Both pay a dividend; Ashland Inc. yields more (2.18% vs 1.93%). Across the 23 metrics below, H. B. Fuller Company leads on 14 and Ashland Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 67.14 13.79 24.46
P/S 1.89 0.77 1.64
P/B 1.85 1.26 1.88
Price to free cash flow 11.62 25.00 19.15
EV/EBITDA 13.13 8.38 12.87
EV/Sales 2.37 1.33 1.88
Earnings yield 1.49% 7.25% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 8.61% 4.00% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 32.26% 32.34% 27.84%
Operating margin 5.64% 10.71% 5.64%
Net margin 0.21% 5.56% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 16.26% 3.06% 3.49%
Return on equity 0.00% 9.58% 2.34%
Return on assets 0.09% 3.73% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 2.40% 5.77% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.14% 1.48% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.48% 19.57% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.47%) 4.48% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (55.13%) 4.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.74 0.95 0.59
Current ratio 2.96 1.82 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.99 3.58 2.03

Dividend

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 2.18% 1.93% 1.80%
Payout ratio 20.32 0.27 0.40

Size

Metric ASH FUL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 3.49b 2.70b 2.08b

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