International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) vs Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM)

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. and Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $21.9B against $9.7B — 2.3× the size. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 12.1× against 78.6×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against 3.49%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs 2.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs 2.65%). Both pay a dividend; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. yields more (14.7% vs 4.00%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 15 and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 78.61 12.05 24.83
P/S 2.02 2.24 1.46
P/B 1.56 3.45 1.76
Price to free cash flow 39.23 116.53 19.84
EV/EBITDA 15.35 19.54 13.18
EV/Sales 2.49 2.45 1.84
Earnings yield 1.27% 8.30% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 2.55% 0.86% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 36.50% 37.50% 29.23%
Operating margin 7.48% 33.28% 3.63%
Net margin 2.56% 17.80% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 5.15% 0.00% 3.78%
Return on equity 1.95% 0.00% 3.62%
Return on assets 1.08% 10.79% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 2.65% 16.86% 2.75%

Growth

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.49% 90.22% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (253.68%) (14.95%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.46% 20.29% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 29.02% 0.00%

Health

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.60 0.54
Current ratio 2.06 2.61 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 7.16 2.32 2.03

Dividend

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 4.00% 14.70% 1.69%
Payout ratio 1.24 0.64 0.25

Size

Metric IFF SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 21.90b 9.72b 2.43b

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