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H. B. Fuller Company (FUL) vs Ingevity Corporation (NGVT)

H. B. Fuller Company and Ingevity Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. H. B. Fuller Company is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $2.4B — 1.1× the size. H. B. Fuller Company trades at the lower P/E: 14.1× against 45.3×. Ingevity Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.6% against 1.48%. H. B. Fuller Company has the higher net margin (5.56% vs 4.65%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.77% vs 9.33%). Across the 22 metrics below, H. B. Fuller Company leads on 13 and Ingevity Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 14.09 45.34 25.37
P/S 0.78 2.09 1.46
P/B 1.28 51.64 1.84
Price to free cash flow 25.55 15.64 21.16
EV/EBITDA 8.49 13.93 12.82
EV/Sales 1.35 2.86 1.85
Earnings yield 7.10% 2.21% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 3.91% 6.40% 2.16%

Profitability

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 32.34% 41.13% 29.23%
Operating margin 10.71% 11.83% 3.63%
Net margin 5.56% 4.65% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 3.06% 13.35% 3.76%
Return on equity 9.58% 64.44% 3.62%
Return on assets 3.73% 3.16% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 5.77% 9.33% 2.75%

Growth

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.48% 10.63% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 19.57% 61.10% (14.40%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.48% (0.81%) 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.20% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.95 22.52 0.54
Current ratio 1.82 1.61 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.58 4.40 2.03

Dividend

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.89% — 1.73%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.41

Size

Metric FUL NGVT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 2.78b 2.43b 2.41b

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