International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) vs Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. (SOLS)

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $21.9B against $9.0B — 2.4× the size. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.2× against 78.6×. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. has the higher net margin (5.13% vs 2.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.7% vs 2.65%). Across the 19 metrics below, Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. leads on 10 and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 78.61 26.18 24.83
P/S 2.02 2.20 1.46
P/B 1.56 5.67 1.76
Price to free cash flow 39.23 51.41 19.84
EV/EBITDA 15.35 12.75 13.18
EV/Sales 2.49 2.52 1.84
Earnings yield 1.27% 3.82% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 2.55% 1.95% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 36.50% 30.62% 29.23%
Operating margin 7.48% 14.36% 3.63%
Net margin 2.56% 5.13% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 5.15% 4.27% 3.78%
Return on equity 1.95% 8.81% 3.62%
Return on assets 1.08% 7.10% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 2.65% 12.65% 2.75%

Growth

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.49% — 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (253.68%) (60.91%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.46% — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.41 1.30 0.54
Current ratio 2.06 1.46 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 7.16 1.85 2.03

Dividend

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 4.00% — 1.69%
Payout ratio 1.24 — 0.25

Size

Metric IFF SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 21.90b 8.99b 2.43b

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