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Celanese Corporation (CE) vs Dow Inc. (DOW)

Celanese Corporation and Dow Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Dow Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $23.2B against $5.3B — 4.4× the size. Dow Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Celanese Corporation trades at 19.2×. Dow Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.16% against 1.56%. Celanese Corporation has the higher net margin (2.66% vs −2.10%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.29% vs 1.10%). Both pay a dividend; Dow Inc. yields more (4.47% vs 0.26%). Across the 21 metrics below, Celanese Corporation leads on 16 and Dow Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
P/E 19.18 n/m 12.71
P/S 0.52 0.53 0.29
P/B 1.10 1.29 0.97
Price to free cash flow 6.42 10.58 9.73
EV/EBITDA 9.23 10.93 8.64
EV/Sales 1.55 0.85 0.73
Earnings yield 5.21% (4.05%) (7.45%)
Free cash flow yield 15.58% 9.45% 5.27%

Profitability

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
Gross margin 20.79% 11.11% 12.29%
Operating margin 7.93% 1.29% 0.62%
Net margin 2.66% (2.10%) (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin 8.06% 5.04% 3.29%
Return on equity 5.81% (4.89%) (2.82%)
Return on assets 1.22% (1.47%) (1.47%)
Return on invested capital 3.29% 1.10% 0.01%

Growth

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.56% 4.16% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.62% (335.67%) (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.03% 0.73% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
Debt to equity 2.49 0.99 0.42
Current ratio 1.26 1.76 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA (14.42) 12.55 3.49

Dividend

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.26% 4.47% 4.15%
Payout ratio 0.05 — —

Size

Metric CE DOW Chemicals median
Market cap 5.25b 23.15b 745.23m

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