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Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) vs Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG)

Koppers Holdings Inc. and Lightwave Logic Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Koppers Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $821.5M against $647.5M — 1.3× the size. Lightwave Logic Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 165.5% against −4.98%. Koppers Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (−4.59% vs −9,410.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (−2.13% vs −187.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Koppers Holdings Inc. leads on 11 and Lightwave Logic Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 25.37
P/S 0.44 2,457.88 1.46
P/B 2.14 5.91 1.84
Price to free cash flow 5.86 n/m 21.16
EV/EBITDA 6.91 n/m 12.82
EV/Sales 0.89 2,074.84 1.85
Earnings yield (10.66%) (3.99%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 17.06% (3.08%) 2.16%

Profitability

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 22.36% 98.88% 29.23%
Operating margin (2.23%) (9,964.14%) 3.63%
Net margin (4.59%) (9,410.74%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 7.47% (7,567.97%) 3.76%
Return on equity (19.01%) (35.42%) 3.62%
Return on assets (4.76%) (33.54%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (2.13%) (187.60%) 2.75%

Growth

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.98%) 165.54% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.38% 15.79% (14.40%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.40% — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.42%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 2.32 0.00 0.54
Current ratio 2.33 62.84 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.38 3.81 2.03

Dividend

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.81% — 1.73%
Payout ratio — — 0.41

Size

Metric KOP LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 821.52m 647.50m 2.41b

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