5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (FEAM) vs Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC)

5E Advanced Materials, Inc. and Northern Technologies International Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $115.4M against $74.6M — 1.5× the size. Northern Technologies International Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. trades at 0.9×. 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −1.26%) and the lower return on invested capital (−60.7% vs 2.03%). Across the 14 metrics below, 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. leads on 7 and Northern Technologies International Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 0.86 n/m 24.83
P/S n/m 0.81 1.46
P/B 1.31 0.96 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m 17.33 13.18
EV/Sales n/m 0.89 1.84
Earnings yield 116.47% (1.54%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (31.67%) (5.31%) 2.29%

Profitability

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 0.00% 35.76% 29.23%
Operating margin 0.00% 3.01% 3.63%
Net margin 0.00% (1.26%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (4.28%) 3.78%
Return on equity (67.42%) (1.51%) 3.62%
Return on assets (61.87%) (1.12%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (60.65%) 2.03% 2.75%

Growth

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 7.70% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 85.47% (100.00%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 12.07% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.20 0.54
Current ratio 7.12 1.72 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 0.89 1.25 2.03

Dividend

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 2.06% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.76 0.25

Size

Metric FEAM NTIC Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 115.39m 74.55m 2.43b

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