Cabot Corporation (CBT) vs Perimeter Solutions, SA (PRM)

Cabot Corporation and Perimeter Solutions, SA are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Perimeter Solutions, SA is the larger, with a market value of $4.6B against $3.8B — 1.2× the size. Cabot Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 17.4× against 102×. Perimeter Solutions, SA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 30.7% against 0.83%. Perimeter Solutions, SA has the higher net margin (6.68% vs 5.66%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.10% vs 10.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Cabot Corporation leads on 13 and Perimeter Solutions, SA on 8.

Valuation

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 17.42 102.29 24.46
P/S 1.00 5.64 1.64
P/B 2.12 3.53 1.88
Price to free cash flow 17.56 121.19 19.15
EV/EBITDA 7.07 25.21 12.87
EV/Sales 1.27 6.97 1.88
Earnings yield 5.74% 0.98% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 5.70% 0.83% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.61% 54.53% 27.84%
Operating margin 12.74% 14.52% 5.64%
Net margin 5.66% 6.68% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 5.72% 6.48% 3.49%
Return on equity 12.20% 4.55% 2.34%
Return on assets 5.41% 1.84% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 10.77% 3.10% 3.21%

Growth

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.83% 30.67% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (10.42%) (3,325.00%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.27% 13.97% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.92 0.59
Current ratio 2.16 2.79 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.13 (2.79) 2.03

Dividend

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 2.53% — 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.44 — 0.40

Size

Metric CBT PRM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 3.75b 4.61b 2.08b

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