International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) vs The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. and The Sherwin-Williams Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. The Sherwin-Williams Company is the larger, with a market value of $78.1B against $21.9B — 3.6× the size. The Sherwin-Williams Company trades at the lower P/E: 30.0× against 78.6×. The Sherwin-Williams Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.76% against 3.49%. The Sherwin-Williams Company has the higher net margin (11.0% vs 2.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.0% vs 2.65%). Both pay a dividend; International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. yields more (4.00% vs 0.90%). Across the 23 metrics below, The Sherwin-Williams Company leads on 15 and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 78.61 30.03 24.83
P/S 2.02 3.29 1.46
P/B 1.56 20.82 1.76
Price to free cash flow 39.23 24.85 19.84
EV/EBITDA 15.35 18.98 13.18
EV/Sales 2.49 3.77 1.84
Earnings yield 1.27% 3.33% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 2.55% 4.02% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 36.50% 48.98% 29.23%
Operating margin 7.48% 16.43% 3.63%
Net margin 2.56% 11.01% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 5.15% 13.23% 3.78%
Return on equity 1.95% 65.12% 3.62%
Return on assets 1.08% 10.28% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 2.65% 16.03% 2.75%

Growth

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.49% 5.76% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (253.68%) (2.75%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.46% 5.12% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.81% 0.00%

Health

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.41 3.13 0.54
Current ratio 2.06 0.73 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 7.16 2.31 2.03

Dividend

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 4.00% 0.90% 1.69%
Payout ratio 1.24 0.27 0.25

Size

Metric IFF SHW Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 21.90b 78.05b 2.43b

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