Benson Hill, Inc. (BHILQ) vs Intrepid Potash, Inc (IPI)

Benson Hill, Inc. and Intrepid Potash, Inc are both Agricultural Inputs companies. Intrepid Potash, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $422.1M against $1.5M — 277.7× the size. Benson Hill, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Intrepid Potash, Inc trades at 16.9×. Benson Hill, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 139.6% against 10.5%. Intrepid Potash, Inc has the higher net margin (8.11% vs −21.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.70% vs −57.8%). Across the 15 metrics below, Intrepid Potash, Inc leads on 13 and Benson Hill, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
P/E n/m 16.94 14.64
P/S n/m 1.38 0.78
P/B n/m 0.80 0.80
Price to free cash flow n/m 42.12 10.41
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.84 5.38
EV/Sales 0.15 0.88 1.07
Earnings yield 0.00% 5.90% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 2.37% 5.69%

Profitability

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
Gross margin 4.29% 21.01% 29.38%
Operating margin (19.41%) 3.24% 0.60%
Net margin (21.80%) 8.11% (9.43%)
Free cash flow margin (3.50%) 8.97% 3.70%
Return on equity (138.16%) 4.82% 0.00%
Return on assets (41.53%) 3.82% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (57.78%) 1.70% 1.70%

Growth

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
Revenue growth (TTM) 139.60% 10.46% 8.63%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 14.08% 105.14% 23.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 8.66% 4.64%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
Debt to equity 3.19 0.00 0.51
Current ratio 2.21 5.96 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA (1.32) (1.59) 0.25

Dividend

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
Dividend yield — — 3.99%
Payout ratio — — 0.67

Size

Metric BHILQ IPI Agricultural Inputs median
Market cap 1.52m 422.13m 998.68m

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