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Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) vs Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG)

Kronos Worldwide Inc and Lightwave Logic Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Kronos Worldwide Inc is the larger, with a market value of $819.5M against $588.2M — 1.4× the size. Lightwave Logic Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 165.5% against 8.75%. Kronos Worldwide Inc has the higher net margin (−1.85% vs −9,410.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.18% vs −187.6%). Across the 17 metrics below, Kronos Worldwide Inc leads on 10 and Lightwave Logic Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KRO LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.46
P/S 0.40 2,353.68 1.64
P/B 1.05 5.65 1.88
Price to free cash flow 8.45 n/m 19.15
EV/EBITDA 12.61 n/m 12.87
EV/Sales 0.70 1,970.65 1.88
Earnings yield (4.63%) (4.17%) 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 11.84% (3.22%) 2.25%

Profitability

Metric KRO LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 15.29% 98.88% 27.84%
Operating margin 2.22% (9,964.14%) 5.64%
Net margin (1.85%) (9,410.74%) 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 4.78% (7,567.97%) 3.49%
Return on equity (4.73%) (35.42%) 2.34%
Return on assets (2.06%) (33.54%) 0.45%
Return on invested capital 2.18% (187.60%) 3.21%

Growth

Metric KRO LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.75% 165.54% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (228.00%) 15.79% (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.56% — 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KRO LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.69 0.00 0.59
Current ratio 3.30 62.84 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 18.39 3.81 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KRO LWLG Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 819.49m 588.15m 2.08b

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