Calumet, Inc. (CLMT) vs Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT)

Calumet, Inc. and Sensient Technologies Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sensient Technologies Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $4.7B — 1.2× the size. Calumet, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sensient Technologies Corporation trades at 34.7×. Calumet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.8% against 8.12%. Sensient Technologies Corporation has the higher net margin (9.27% vs −2.98%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.51% vs 2.03%). Across the 20 metrics below, Sensient Technologies Corporation leads on 11 and Calumet, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 34.74 24.83
P/S 1.02 3.21 1.46
P/B n/m 4.34 1.76
Price to free cash flow 63.93 1,220.99 19.84
EV/EBITDA 54.43 20.58 13.18
EV/Sales 1.59 3.64 1.84
Earnings yield (2.89%) 2.88% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 1.56% 0.08% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 6.57% 34.65% 29.23%
Operating margin 1.03% 14.05% 3.63%
Net margin (2.98%) 9.27% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 1.60% 0.26% 3.78%
Return on equity 12.74% 13.07% 3.62%
Return on assets (4.90%) 6.90% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 2.03% 7.51% 2.75%

Growth

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.80% 8.12% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 85.39% 7.48% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.77% 3.89% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity (2.41) 0.61 0.54
Current ratio 0.84 4.39 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 7.36 2.51 2.03

Dividend

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 2.61% 1.69%
Payout ratio — 0.52 0.25

Size

Metric CLMT SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 4.69b 5.46b 2.43b

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