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Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) vs Sasol Ltd. (SSL)

Element Solutions Inc. and Sasol Ltd. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sasol Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $7.5B — 1.3× the size. Sasol Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.3× against 36.4×. Element Solutions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.6% against 26.6%. Sasol Ltd. has the higher net margin (8.89% vs 5.87%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 5.38%). Only Element Solutions Inc. pays a dividend (1.03%). Across the 20 metrics below, Element Solutions Inc. leads on 12 and Sasol Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 36.38 3.27 24.46
P/S 2.16 n/m 1.64
P/B 2.61 n/m 1.88
Price to free cash flow 41.01 n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA 16.23 0.37 12.87
EV/Sales 2.69 0.11 1.88
Earnings yield 2.75% 30.61% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 2.44% 0.00% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 36.56% 33.45% 27.84%
Operating margin 11.71% 0.00% 5.64%
Net margin 5.87% 8.89% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 5.26% 0.00% 3.49%
Return on equity 7.38% 0.00% 2.34%
Return on assets 3.76% 0.00% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 5.38% 0.00% 3.21%

Growth

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.62% 26.64% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.78%) 91.38% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.60% 4.12% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 20.31% 4.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.72 0.65 0.59
Current ratio 2.78 1.79 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.03 1.56 2.03

Dividend

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.03% 0.00% 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.40

Size

Metric ESI SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 7.46b 9.63b 2.08b

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