DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) vs Linde PLC (LIN)

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and Linde PLC are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Linde PLC is the larger, with a market value of $239.3B against $19.2B — 12.5× the size. Linde PLC trades at the lower P/E: 34.2× against 64.2×. Linde PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.16% against 3.16%. Linde PLC has the higher net margin (19.3% vs 4.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.98% vs 3.43%). Both pay a dividend; DuPont de Nemours, Inc. yields more (1.65% vs 1.21%). Across the 23 metrics below, Linde PLC leads on 14 and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 64.25 34.16 24.46
P/S 2.76 6.61 1.64
P/B 1.42 5.85 1.88
Price to free cash flow 24.57 47.17 19.15
EV/EBITDA 14.42 20.20 12.87
EV/Sales 2.97 7.24 1.88
Earnings yield 1.56% 2.93% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 4.07% 2.12% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 35.49% 47.86% 27.84%
Operating margin 11.75% 25.28% 5.64%
Net margin 4.26% 19.34% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 11.23% 14.02% 3.49%
Return on equity 1.63% 17.29% 2.34%
Return on assets 1.02% 8.05% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 3.43% 8.98% 3.21%

Growth

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.16% 8.16% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (211.38%) 7.27% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (9.25%) 4.52% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 22.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.65 0.59
Current ratio 2.36 0.86 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.09 1.73 2.03

Dividend

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.65% 1.21% 1.80%
Payout ratio 1.07 0.42 0.40

Size

Metric DD LIN Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 19.21b 239.29b 2.08b

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