FutureFuel Corp. (FF) vs Hudson Technologies, Inc. (HDSN)

FutureFuel Corp. and Hudson Technologies, Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. FutureFuel Corp. and Hudson Technologies, Inc. are of similar size ($225.5M and $220.1M). FutureFuel Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hudson Technologies, Inc. trades at 24.8×. Hudson Technologies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.3% against −7.63%. Hudson Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.51% vs −17.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.34% vs −14.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, Hudson Technologies, Inc. leads on 16 and FutureFuel Corp. on 1.

Valuation

Metric FF HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 24.83 24.83
P/S 1.47 0.85 1.46
P/B 1.47 0.89 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.10 13.18
EV/Sales 1.25 0.78 1.84
Earnings yield (11.84%) 4.03% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (22.59%) (15.91%) 2.29%

Profitability

Metric FF HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin (8.28%) 23.26% 29.23%
Operating margin (17.99%) 4.52% 3.63%
Net margin (17.18%) 3.51% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin (33.26%) (13.43%) 3.78%
Return on equity (15.89%) 3.62% 3.62%
Return on assets (12.15%) 2.82% 0.35%
Return on invested capital (14.51%) 3.34% 2.75%

Growth

Metric FF HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.63%) 14.30% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (422.86%) (28.85%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (14.08%) 10.81% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FF HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.54
Current ratio 4.06 3.23 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 (1.59) 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric FF HDSN Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 225.46m 220.12m 2.43b

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