Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) vs Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX)

Koppers Holdings Inc. and Minerals Technologies Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Minerals Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $869.2M — 2.4× the size. Minerals Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.06% against −4.98%. Minerals Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.13% vs −4.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (−0.82% vs −2.13%). Both pay a dividend; Minerals Technologies Inc. yields more (0.57% vs 0.47%). Across the 22 metrics below, Minerals Technologies Inc. leads on 13 and Koppers Holdings Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.83
P/S 0.47 0.97 1.46
P/B 2.29 1.32 1.76
Price to free cash flow 6.26 16.39 19.84
EV/EBITDA 7.14 40.84 13.18
EV/Sales 0.92 1.26 1.84
Earnings yield (9.98%) (3.24%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 15.98% 6.10% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 22.36% 24.52% 29.23%
Operating margin (2.23%) (1.34%) 3.63%
Net margin (4.59%) (3.13%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 7.47% 5.92% 3.78%
Return on equity (19.01%) (4.12%) 3.62%
Return on assets (4.76%) (1.93%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (2.13%) (0.82%) 2.75%

Growth

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.98%) 4.06% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.38% (111.41%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.40% 5.38% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.42%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 2.32 0.61 0.54
Current ratio 2.33 1.43 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.38 4.54 2.03

Dividend

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.47% 0.57% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.07 0.25

Size

Metric KOP MTX Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 869.18m 2.07b 2.43b

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