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Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE) vs Lsb Industries Inc. (LXU)

Gulf Resources, Inc. and Lsb Industries Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Lsb Industries Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $745.2M against $5.5M — 134.8× the size. Gulf Resources, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lsb Industries Inc. trades at 16.8×. Gulf Resources, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 120.8% against 13.0%. Lsb Industries Inc. has the higher net margin (6.95% vs −134.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.80% vs −3.39%). Across the 19 metrics below, Lsb Industries Inc. leads on 12 and Gulf Resources, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
P/E n/m 16.80 12.71
P/S 0.18 1.15 0.29
P/B 0.05 1.37 0.97
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.88 9.73
EV/EBITDA 0.15 6.14 8.64
EV/Sales 0.05 1.51 0.73
Earnings yield (960.50%) 5.95% (7.45%)
Free cash flow yield (97.68%) 8.41% 5.27%

Profitability

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
Gross margin (2.70%) 19.90% 12.29%
Operating margin (19.30%) 11.18% 0.62%
Net margin (134.15%) 6.95% (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin (15.78%) 9.70% 3.29%
Return on equity (32.37%) 8.65% (2.82%)
Return on assets (27.50%) 3.87% (1.47%)
Return on invested capital (3.39%) 5.80% 0.01%

Growth

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 120.75% 13.02% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 39.98% 225.93% (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.06%) 11.86% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.05 0.79 0.42
Current ratio 2.65 3.01 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 2.15 3.49

Dividend

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 4.15%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GURE LXU Chemicals median
Market cap 5.53m 745.23m 745.23m

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