Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) vs Caesarstone Ltd. (CSTE)

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. and Caesarstone Ltd. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Aspen Aerogels, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $448.1M against $93.4M — 4.8× the size. Caesarstone Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −6.00% against −49.1%. Caesarstone Ltd. has the higher net margin (−37.4% vs −62.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (−158.1% vs −58.1%). Across the 18 metrics below, Aspen Aerogels, Inc. leads on 9 and Caesarstone Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
P/E n/m n/m 23.15
P/S 2.13 0.21 2.02
P/B 2.24 0.80 2.81
Price to free cash flow 12.51 n/m 16.84
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 12.85
EV/Sales 1.83 0.08 2.04
Earnings yield (29.48%) (174.26%) 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 7.99% (23.03%) 4.23%

Profitability

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 2.68% 19.70% 29.19%
Operating margin (61.04%) (33.51%) 6.99%
Net margin (62.45%) (37.40%) 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 17.01% (4.94%) 7.60%
Return on equity (50.36%) (81.88%) 9.28%
Return on assets (27.49%) (32.38%) 2.88%
Return on invested capital (58.13%) (158.08%) 5.16%

Growth

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (49.12%) (6.00%) 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,882.35%) (252.21%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.01% (3.97%) 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.49 0.00 0.43
Current ratio 2.52 1.59 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 0.16 0.54 0.98

Dividend

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — — 1.43%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric ASPN CSTE Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 448.14m 93.36m 1.17b

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