Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) vs NewMarket Corporation (NEU)

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. and NewMarket Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. NewMarket Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $8.2B against $6.9B — 1.2× the size. NewMarket Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 19.3× against 20.2×. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.92% against −1.31%. NewMarket Corporation has the higher net margin (15.7% vs 6.78%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.2% vs 8.49%). Both pay a dividend; NewMarket Corporation yields more (1.50% vs 0.27%). Across the 23 metrics below, NewMarket Corporation leads on 12 and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. on 11.

Valuation

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 20.18 19.32 24.83
P/S 1.37 3.00 1.46
P/B 2.74 4.47 1.76
Price to free cash flow 14.22 17.37 19.84
EV/EBITDA 9.57 13.31 13.18
EV/Sales 1.84 3.28 1.84
Earnings yield 4.96% 5.18% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 7.03% 5.76% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 34.04% 31.49% 29.23%
Operating margin 13.18% 19.97% 3.63%
Net margin 6.78% 15.74% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 9.61% 17.27% 3.78%
Return on equity 14.30% 25.02% 3.62%
Return on assets 4.51% 12.67% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 8.49% 13.17% 2.75%

Growth

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.92%) (1.31%) 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.25%) (7.84%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% 6.27% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.46% 9.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 1.19 0.47 0.54
Current ratio 1.53 2.25 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 2.45 1.21 2.03

Dividend

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.27% 1.50% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.24 0.25

Size

Metric AXTA NEU Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 6.90b 8.22b 2.43b

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