5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (FEAM) vs Montauk Renewables, Inc. (MNTK)

5E Advanced Materials, Inc. and Montauk Renewables, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Montauk Renewables, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $301.8M against $156.8M — 1.9× the size. 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Montauk Renewables, Inc. trades at 34.7×. Montauk Renewables, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.19% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.18% vs −60.7%). Across the 15 metrics below, Montauk Renewables, Inc. leads on 9 and 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 34.74 25.37
P/S n/m 1.62 1.46
P/B 1.37 1.16 1.84
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA n/m 12.75 12.82
EV/Sales n/m 2.34 1.85
Earnings yield (50.51%) 2.88% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (30.26%) (27.19%) 2.16%

Profitability

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 0.00% 100.00% 29.23%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.59% 3.63%
Net margin 0.00% 4.19% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (44.07%) 3.76%
Return on equity (67.42%) 3.05% 3.62%
Return on assets (61.87%) 1.86% 0.35%
Return on invested capital (60.65%) 0.18% 2.75%

Growth

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 4.28% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.80% (85.71%) (14.40%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.93% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (17.61%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.57 0.54
Current ratio 7.12 0.62 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 0.89 3.36 2.03

Dividend

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.73%
Payout ratio — — 0.41

Size

Metric FEAM MNTK Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 156.84m 301.76m 2.41b

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