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Gulf Resources, Inc. (GURE) vs Valhi, Inc. (VHI)

Gulf Resources, Inc. and Valhi, Inc. are both Chemicals companies. Valhi, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $404.7M against $5.5M — 73.2× the size. Gulf Resources, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 120.8% against 3.59%. Valhi, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.30% vs −134.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.95% vs −3.39%). Across the 19 metrics below, Valhi, Inc. leads on 11 and Gulf Resources, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 12.81
P/S 0.18 0.19 0.30
P/B 0.05 0.30 1.10
Price to free cash flow n/m 6.16 10.05
EV/EBITDA 0.12 8.20 8.77
EV/Sales 0.05 0.35 0.75
Earnings yield (1,008.52%) (12.30%) (7.34%)
Free cash flow yield (102.56%) 16.23% 5.30%

Profitability

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
Gross margin (2.70%) 16.72% 12.29%
Operating margin (19.30%) 1.22% 0.62%
Net margin (134.15%) (2.30%) (2.20%)
Free cash flow margin (15.78%) 3.13% 3.29%
Return on equity (32.37%) (3.61%) (2.82%)
Return on assets (27.50%) (1.91%) (1.47%)
Return on invested capital (3.39%) 0.95% 0.01%

Growth

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 120.75% 3.59% 3.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 39.98% (153.30%) (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.06%) 2.61% 2.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.05 0.42 0.59
Current ratio 2.65 3.37 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 4.82 3.49

Dividend

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 2.20% 4.16%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GURE VHI Chemicals median
Market cap 5.53m 404.71m 761.67m

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