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CitroTech Inc. (CITR) vs Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC)

CitroTech Inc. and Northern Technologies International Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Northern Technologies International Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $72.0M against $58.7M — 1.2× the size. Northern Technologies International Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.70% against −26.4%. Northern Technologies International Corporation has the higher net margin (−1.26% vs −1,788.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.03% vs −170.7%). Across the 17 metrics below, Northern Technologies International Corporation leads on 14 and CitroTech Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 38.51 0.79 1.64
P/B 5.77 0.93 1.88
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA n/m 16.93 12.87
EV/Sales 36.71 0.87 1.88
Earnings yield (60.36%) (1.58%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield (15.02%) (5.45%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin (0.70%) 35.76% 27.84%
Operating margin (1,330.45%) 3.01% 5.64%
Net margin (1,788.40%) (1.26%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin (578.56%) (4.28%) 3.49%
Return on equity (431.05%) (1.51%) 2.34%
Return on assets (257.87%) (1.12%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital (170.74%) 2.03% 3.21%

Growth

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (26.37%) 7.70% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (252.46%) (100.00%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 12.07% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.20 0.59
Current ratio 8.77 1.72 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 0.44 1.25 2.03

Dividend

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 0.13% 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric CITR NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 58.65m 71.98m 2.08b

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