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Innospec Inc. (IOSP) vs Stepan Company (SCL)

Innospec Inc. and Stepan Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Innospec Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $1.5B — 1.3× the size. Innospec Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.7× against 352×. Stepan Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.0% against 4.73%. Innospec Inc. has the higher net margin (7.49% vs 0.17%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.12% vs 0.86%). Both pay a dividend; Stepan Company yields more (2.36% vs 2.30%). Across the 23 metrics below, Innospec Inc. leads on 16 and Stepan Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 13.69 351.74 26.45
P/S 1.02 0.60 1.64
P/B 1.39 1.26 1.84
Price to free cash flow 52.70 44.48 21.25
EV/EBITDA 9.12 13.60 12.93
EV/Sales 0.90 0.82 1.90
Earnings yield 7.30% 0.28% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 1.90% 2.25% 2.20%

Profitability

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 27.66% 11.99% 27.84%
Operating margin 8.79% 0.95% 5.64%
Net margin 7.49% 0.17% 4.26%
Free cash flow margin 1.94% 1.23% 4.75%
Return on equity 10.47% 0.35% 3.73%
Return on assets 7.68% 0.18% 1.16%
Return on invested capital 9.12% 0.86% 3.21%

Growth

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 10.02% 7.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 228.87% (6.82%) (8.48%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.31% 4.52% 6.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 32.36% (18.04%) 0.00%

Health

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.52 0.59
Current ratio 2.95 1.32 2.16
Net debt to EBITDA (1.69) 2.41 2.03

Dividend

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 2.30% 2.36% 1.84%
Payout ratio 0.32 8.32 0.40

Size

Metric IOSP SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.95b 1.54b 1.95b

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