CN Energy Group. Inc. (CNEY) vs J-Star Holding Co., Ltd (YMAT)

CN Energy Group. Inc. and J-Star Holding Co., Ltd are both Specialty Chemicals companies. J-Star Holding Co., Ltd is the larger, with a market value of $5.8M against $4.8M — 1.2× the size. Across the 4 metrics below, CN Energy Group. Inc. leads on 2 and J-Star Holding Co., Ltd on 2.

Valuation

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 3.11 — 24.83
P/S 0.49 — 1.46
P/B 0.22 n/m 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m — 19.84
EV/EBITDA 4.86 n/m 13.18
EV/Sales 0.59 n/m 1.84
Earnings yield 32.14% — 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (59.72%) — 2.29%

Profitability

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 17.50% — 29.23%
Operating margin 0.00% — 3.63%
Net margin 12.80% — 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% — 3.78%
Return on equity 0.00% — 3.62%
Return on assets 0.00% — 0.35%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 2.75%

Growth

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) — — 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 88.83% (1,857.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.31% — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.14 (1.87) 0.54
Current ratio 2.77 0.43 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA (0.33) (0.59) 2.03

Dividend

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.25

Size

Metric CNEY YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 4.77m 5.75m 2.43b

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