DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) vs Westlake Corporation (WLK)

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and Westlake Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.2B against $8.5B — 2.3× the size. Westlake Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; DuPont de Nemours, Inc. trades at 64.2×. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.16% against −0.37%. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.26% vs −3.87%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.43% vs −2.22%). Both pay a dividend; Westlake Corporation yields more (3.20% vs 1.65%). Across the 21 metrics below, DuPont de Nemours, Inc. leads on 15 and Westlake Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 64.25 n/m 24.46
P/S 2.76 0.74 1.64
P/B 1.42 0.93 1.88
Price to free cash flow 24.57 707.11 19.15
EV/EBITDA 14.42 16.75 12.87
EV/Sales 2.97 1.06 1.88
Earnings yield 1.56% (5.08%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 4.07% 0.14% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 35.49% 10.78% 27.84%
Operating margin 11.75% (3.81%) 5.64%
Net margin 4.26% (3.87%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 11.23% 0.10% 3.49%
Return on equity 1.63% (4.64%) 2.34%
Return on assets 1.02% (2.27%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 3.43% (2.22%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.16% (0.37%) 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (211.38%) (352.16%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (9.25%) 8.28% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.55 0.59
Current ratio 2.36 2.38 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.09 8.12 2.03

Dividend

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.65% 3.20% 1.80%
Payout ratio 1.07 — 0.40

Size

Metric DD WLK Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 19.21b 8.47b 2.08b

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