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Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) vs Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO)

Koppers Holdings Inc. and Kronos Worldwide Inc are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Koppers Holdings Inc. and Kronos Worldwide Inc are of similar size ($819.5M and $749.7M). Kronos Worldwide Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.75% against −4.98%. Kronos Worldwide Inc has the higher net margin (−1.85% vs −4.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.18% vs −2.13%). Both pay a dividend; Kronos Worldwide Inc yields more (2.81% vs 0.89%). Across the 22 metrics below, Kronos Worldwide Inc leads on 14 and Koppers Holdings Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 0.40 0.40 1.64
P/B 1.95 1.05 1.88
Price to free cash flow 5.34 8.45 19.15
EV/EBITDA 6.60 12.61 12.87
EV/Sales 0.85 0.70 1.88
Earnings yield (11.71%) (4.63%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 18.74% 11.84% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 22.36% 15.29% 27.84%
Operating margin (2.23%) 2.22% 5.64%
Net margin (4.59%) (1.85%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 7.47% 4.78% 3.49%
Return on equity (19.01%) (4.73%) 2.34%
Return on assets (4.76%) (2.06%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital (2.13%) 2.18% 3.21%

Growth

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.98%) 8.75% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.38% (228.00%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.40% 2.56% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.42%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 2.32 0.69 0.59
Current ratio 2.33 3.30 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 3.38 18.39 2.03

Dividend

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.89% 2.81% 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric KOP KRO Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 749.66m 819.49m 2.08b

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