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Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT) vs Stepan Company (SCL)

Ecovyst Inc. and Stepan Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Stepan Company is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $1.1B — 1.3× the size. Ecovyst Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 51.4% against 7.63%. Stepan Company has the higher net margin (−0.11% vs −7.06%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.71% vs 5.16%). Across the 21 metrics below, Ecovyst Inc. leads on 12 and Stepan Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.83
P/S 1.28 0.61 1.46
P/B 1.89 1.22 1.76
Price to free cash flow 15.37 22.24 19.84
EV/EBITDA 9.22 13.48 13.18
EV/Sales 1.74 0.83 1.84
Earnings yield (5.33%) (0.19%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 6.51% 4.50% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 21.29% 11.81% 29.23%
Operating margin 9.43% 0.82% 3.63%
Net margin (7.06%) (0.11%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 8.31% 2.60% 3.78%
Return on equity (9.59%) (0.22%) 3.62%
Return on assets (3.81%) (0.11%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital 5.16% 0.71% 2.75%

Growth

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 51.41% 7.63% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (916.67%) (6.82%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.85% 4.52% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (18.04%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.84 0.53 0.54
Current ratio 1.70 1.15 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.35 2.41 2.03

Dividend

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 1.65% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.42 0.25

Size

Metric ECVT SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.11b 1.45b 2.43b

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