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Celanese Corporation (CE) vs Green Plains, Inc. (GPRE)

Celanese Corporation and Green Plains, Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Celanese Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $960.3M — 5.5× the size. Green Plains, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 4.7× against 19.2×. Celanese Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.56% against −19.1%. Green Plains, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 2.66%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.9% vs 3.29%). Across the 21 metrics below, Green Plains, Inc. leads on 16 and Celanese Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric CE GPRE Chemicals median
P/E 19.18 4.66 12.71
P/S 0.52 0.51 0.29
P/B 1.10 0.97 0.97
Price to free cash flow 6.42 3.43 9.73
EV/EBITDA 9.23 4.15 8.64
EV/Sales 1.55 0.67 0.73
Earnings yield 5.21% 21.46% (7.45%)
Free cash flow yield 15.58% 29.12% 5.27%

Profitability

Metric CE GPRE Chemicals median
Gross margin 20.79% 21.13% 12.29%
Operating margin 7.93% 10.72% 0.62%
Net margin 2.66% 10.87% (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin 8.06% 6.31% 3.29%
Return on equity 5.81% 22.83% (2.82%)
Return on assets 1.22% 12.11% (1.47%)
Return on invested capital 3.29% 10.91% 0.01%

Growth

Metric CE GPRE Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.56% (19.14%) 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.62% (39.53%) (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.03% 1.69% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CE GPRE Chemicals median
Debt to equity 2.49 0.40 0.42
Current ratio 1.26 2.31 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA (14.42) 3.49 3.49

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CE GPRE Chemicals median
Market cap 5.25b 960.30m 745.23m

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