Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE) vs Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM)

Gulf Resources, Inc. and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $439.0M against $5.5M — 79.4× the size. Gulf Resources, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 120.8% against 2.12%. Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. has the higher net margin (−24.5% vs −134.2%) and the lower return on invested capital (−23.8% vs −3.39%). Across the 19 metrics below, Gulf Resources, Inc. leads on 10 and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 12.81
P/S 0.18 0.29 0.30
P/B 0.05 2.26 1.10
Price to free cash flow n/m 28.67 10.05
EV/EBITDA 0.12 12.18 8.77
EV/Sales 0.05 0.77 0.75
Earnings yield (1,008.52%) (83.32%) (7.34%)
Free cash flow yield (102.56%) 3.49% 5.30%

Profitability

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
Gross margin (2.70%) 4.49% 12.29%
Operating margin (19.30%) (17.13%) 0.62%
Net margin (134.15%) (24.50%) (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin (15.78%) 1.02% 3.29%
Return on equity (32.37%) (241.98%) (2.82%)
Return on assets (27.50%) (22.94%) (1.47%)
Return on invested capital (3.39%) (23.78%) 0.01%

Growth

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 120.75% 2.12% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 39.98% (972.88%) (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.06%) 1.76% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.05 (22.03) 0.59
Current ratio 2.65 1.28 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 4.80 3.49

Dividend

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 4.16%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GURE RYAM Chemicals median
Market cap 5.53m 439.01m 761.67m

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