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Innospec Inc. (IOSP) vs Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX)

Innospec Inc. and Minerals Technologies Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Innospec Inc. and Minerals Technologies Inc. are of similar size ($2.0B and $1.9B). Minerals Technologies Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Innospec Inc. trades at 13.9×. Minerals Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.76% against 4.73%. Innospec Inc. has the higher net margin (7.49% vs −3.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.12% vs −0.99%). Both pay a dividend; Innospec Inc. yields more (2.27% vs 0.78%). Across the 22 metrics below, Innospec Inc. leads on 17 and Minerals Technologies Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 13.92 n/m 24.46
P/S 1.04 0.90 1.64
P/B 1.44 59.11 1.88
Price to free cash flow 52.15 14.36 19.15
EV/EBITDA 9.29 34.57 12.87
EV/Sales 0.92 1.16 1.88
Earnings yield 7.18% (3.41%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 1.92% 6.96% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 27.66% 23.90% 27.84%
Operating margin 8.79% (1.60%) 5.64%
Net margin 7.49% (3.11%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 1.99% 6.24% 3.49%
Return on equity 10.47% (7.75%) 2.34%
Return on assets 7.68% (1.93%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 9.12% (0.99%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 4.76% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 228.87% (111.41%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.31% 5.38% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 32.36% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.59 0.59
Current ratio 2.95 1.45 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA (1.69) 4.54 2.03

Dividend

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 2.27% 0.78% 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.32 — 0.40

Size

Metric IOSP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.95b 1.94b 2.08b

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