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Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT) vs Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG)

Ecovyst Inc. and Lightwave Logic Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Ecovyst Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.1B against $588.2M — 1.9× the size. Lightwave Logic Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 165.5% against 39.8%. Ecovyst Inc. has the higher net margin (−7.06% vs −9,410.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.16% vs −187.6%). Across the 17 metrics below, Ecovyst Inc. leads on 11 and Lightwave Logic Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ECVT LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 1.30 2,353.68 1.64
P/B 1.92 5.65 1.88
Price to free cash flow 15.60 n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA 9.32 n/m 12.87
EV/Sales 1.76 1,970.65 1.88
Earnings yield (5.25%) (4.17%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.41% (3.22%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ECVT LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.29% 98.88% 27.84%
Operating margin 9.43% (9,964.14%) 5.64%
Net margin (7.06%) (9,410.74%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 8.31% (7,567.97%) 3.49%
Return on equity (9.59%) (35.42%) 2.34%
Return on assets (3.81%) (33.54%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 5.16% (187.60%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric ECVT LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.77% 165.54% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (916.67%) 15.79% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.85% — 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ECVT LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 1.70 62.84 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.35 3.81 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ECVT LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.11b 588.15m 2.08b

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