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Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT) vs Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO)

Ecovyst Inc. and Kronos Worldwide Inc are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Ecovyst Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $819.5M — 1.4× the size. Ecovyst Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.8% against 8.75%. Kronos Worldwide Inc has the higher net margin (−1.85% vs −7.06%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.18% vs 5.16%). Across the 20 metrics below, Kronos Worldwide Inc leads on 12 and Ecovyst Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 1.30 0.40 1.64
P/B 1.92 1.05 1.88
Price to free cash flow 15.60 8.45 19.15
EV/EBITDA 9.32 12.61 12.87
EV/Sales 1.76 0.70 1.88
Earnings yield (5.25%) (4.63%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.41% 11.84% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.29% 15.29% 27.84%
Operating margin 9.43% 2.22% 5.64%
Net margin (7.06%) (1.85%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 8.31% 4.78% 3.49%
Return on equity (9.59%) (4.73%) 2.34%
Return on assets (3.81%) (2.06%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 5.16% 2.18% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.77% 8.75% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (916.67%) (228.00%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.85% 2.56% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.69 0.59
Current ratio 1.70 3.30 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.35 18.39 2.03

Dividend

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 2.81% 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric ECVT KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.11b 819.49m 2.08b

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