FutureFuel Corp. (FF) vs Gevo, Inc. (GEVO)

FutureFuel Corp. and Gevo, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Gevo, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $348.6M against $225.5M — 1.5× the size. Gevo, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 121.4% against −7.63%. FutureFuel Corp. has the higher net margin (−17.2% vs −119.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (−14.5% vs −29.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, FutureFuel Corp. leads on 11 and Gevo, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.83
P/S 1.47 1.90 1.46
P/B 1.47 1.23 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 13.18
EV/Sales 1.25 2.90 1.84
Earnings yield (11.84%) (63.01%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (22.59%) (16.83%) 2.29%

Profitability

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin (8.28%) 50.71% 29.23%
Operating margin (17.99%) (102.80%) 3.63%
Net margin (17.18%) (119.93%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin (33.26%) (31.91%) 3.78%
Return on equity (15.89%) (56.98%) 3.62%
Return on assets (12.15%) (35.69%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (14.51%) (29.79%) 2.75%

Growth

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.63%) 121.37% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (422.86%) 58.82% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (14.08%) 96.11% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.61 0.54
Current ratio 4.06 2.70 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 6.08 2.03

Dividend

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 4.08% — 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.25 0.00 0.25

Size

Metric FF GEVO Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 225.46m 348.60m 2.43b

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