Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE) vs MOLECULAR DATA (MKD)

Gulf Resources, Inc. and MOLECULAR DATA are both Chemicals companies. MOLECULAR DATA is the larger, with a market value of $74.9M against $5.9M — 12.7× the size. MOLECULAR DATA has the higher net margin (−2.29% vs −165.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −4.61%). Across the 14 metrics below, MOLECULAR DATA leads on 9 and Gulf Resources, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.20 n/m 0.44
P/B 0.05 n/m 1.13
Price to free cash flow 0.16 n/m 7.30
EV/EBITDA 0.43 n/m 9.48
EV/Sales 0.15 (0.03) 0.86
Earnings yield (967.85%) 0.00% (10.53%)
Free cash flow yield 620.74% 0.00% 4.86%

Profitability

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
Gross margin (9.36%) 33.02% 16.03%
Operating margin (30.61%) 0.00% (0.82%)
Net margin (165.06%) (2.29%) (3.05%)
Free cash flow margin 124.94% (3.62%) 1.50%
Return on equity (34.23%) 0.00% (5.24%)
Return on assets (28.95%) 0.00% (2.51%)
Return on invested capital (4.61%) 0.00% (0.75%)

Growth

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 228.99% — 2.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 39.98% (45.25%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.06%) — 2.20%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.05 1.15 0.71
Current ratio 2.34 1.10 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 0.84 3.49

Dividend

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 2.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GURE MKD Chemicals median
Market cap 5.88m 74.92m 643.59m

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