The Chemours Company (CC) vs Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX)

The Chemours Company and Minerals Technologies Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. The Chemours Company and Minerals Technologies Inc. are of similar size ($2.1B and $2.1B). Minerals Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.06% against −0.89%. Minerals Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.13% vs −5.24%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.82% vs −2.22%). Both pay a dividend; The Chemours Company yields more (3.32% vs 0.57%). Across the 20 metrics below, Minerals Technologies Inc. leads on 12 and The Chemours Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.83
P/S 0.38 0.97 1.46
P/B n/m 1.32 1.76
Price to free cash flow 10.03 16.39 19.84
EV/EBITDA 24.83 40.84 13.18
EV/Sales 0.93 1.26 1.84
Earnings yield (13.21%) (3.24%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 9.97% 6.10% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 15.28% 24.52% 29.23%
Operating margin (1.93%) (1.34%) 3.63%
Net margin (5.24%) (3.13%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 3.76% 5.92% 3.78%
Return on equity (318.32%) (4.12%) 3.62%
Return on assets (4.15%) (1.93%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (2.22%) (0.82%) 2.75%

Growth

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.89%) 4.06% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (549.12%) (111.41%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.17% 5.38% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity (80.67) 0.61 0.54
Current ratio 1.66 1.43 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 12.09 4.54 2.03

Dividend

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 3.32% 0.57% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.18 0.07 0.25

Size

Metric CC MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 2.14b 2.07b 2.43b

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