Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP) vs Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. (SCZM)

Compass Minerals International, Inc. and Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Compass Minerals International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $953.4M against $680.2M — 1.4× the size. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 22.7× against 52.6×. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.6% against 5.46%. Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. has the higher net margin (9.97% vs 1.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (52.0% vs 7.77%). Across the 20 metrics below, Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. leads on 14 and Compass Minerals International, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 52.58 22.71 22.71
P/S 0.74 1.62 5.39
P/B 3.63 3.21 1.39
Price to free cash flow 12.26 23.40 14.19
EV/EBITDA 7.16 4.16 5.51
EV/Sales 1.25 1.46 4.77
Earnings yield 1.90% 4.40% (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield 8.16% 4.27% (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 17.22% 35.46% 14.48%
Operating margin 8.94% 28.74% 0.00%
Net margin 1.42% 9.97% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.03% 6.91% 0.00%
Return on equity 7.17% 22.48% (6.24%)
Return on assets 1.27% 9.83% (14.10%)
Return on invested capital 7.77% 52.04% (3.57%)

Growth

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.46% 39.61% 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.72% (75.20%) (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.02%) — 6.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 2.74 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 2.01 1.51 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA 5.81 (0.56) 1.03

Dividend

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 2.31%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.12

Size

Metric CMP SCZM Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 953.39m 680.22m 433.17m

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