Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP) vs Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (USAS)

Compass Minerals International, Inc. and Americas Gold and Silver Corporation are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $948.4M — 1.4× the size. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Compass Minerals International, Inc. trades at 51.8×. Americas Gold and Silver Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.0% against 5.46%. Compass Minerals International, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.42% vs −26.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.77% vs 6.78%). Across the 19 metrics below, Compass Minerals International, Inc. leads on 14 and Americas Gold and Silver Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 51.77 n/m 26.65
P/S 0.73 6.86 6.78
P/B 3.57 4.21 1.18
Price to free cash flow 12.07 n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA 7.09 23.91 7.09
EV/Sales 1.24 6.66 4.64
Earnings yield 1.93% (4.90%) (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield 8.28% (5.62%) (8.41%)

Profitability

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 17.22% 51.16% 14.52%
Operating margin 8.94% 15.48% 0.00%
Net margin 1.42% (26.28%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.03% (38.56%) 0.00%
Return on equity 7.17% (27.09%) (7.90%)
Return on assets 1.27% (14.10%) (11.61%)
Return on invested capital 7.77% 6.78% (3.47%)

Growth

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.46% 87.99% 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.72% 22.35% (15.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.02%) 33.43% 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 2.74 0.18 0.04
Current ratio 2.01 1.62 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 5.81 16.23 1.07

Dividend

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.46%
Payout ratio 0.00 — —

Size

Metric CMP USAS Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 948.35m 1.31b 454.02m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack