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Ashland Inc. (ASH) vs Perimeter Solutions, SA (PRM)

Ashland Inc. and Perimeter Solutions, SA are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Perimeter Solutions, SA is the larger, with a market value of $4.6B against $3.5B — 1.3× the size. Ashland Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 67.1× against 102×. Perimeter Solutions, SA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 30.7% against 2.14%. Perimeter Solutions, SA has the higher net margin (6.68% vs 0.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.10% vs 2.40%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ashland Inc. leads on 12 and Perimeter Solutions, SA on 10.

Valuation

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 67.14 102.29 24.46
P/S 1.89 5.64 1.64
P/B 1.85 3.53 1.88
Price to free cash flow 11.62 121.19 19.15
EV/EBITDA 13.13 25.21 12.87
EV/Sales 2.37 6.97 1.88
Earnings yield 1.49% 0.98% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 8.61% 0.83% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 32.26% 54.53% 27.84%
Operating margin 5.64% 14.52% 5.64%
Net margin 0.21% 6.68% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 16.26% 6.48% 3.49%
Return on equity 0.00% 4.55% 2.34%
Return on assets 0.09% 1.84% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 2.40% 3.10% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.14% 30.67% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.48% (3,325.00%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.47%) 13.97% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (55.13%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.74 0.92 0.59
Current ratio 2.96 2.79 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.99 (2.79) 2.03

Dividend

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 2.18% — 1.80%
Payout ratio 20.32 — 0.40

Size

Metric ASH PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 3.49b 4.61b 2.08b

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