Loop Industries, Inc. (LOOP) vs J-Star Holding Co., Ltd (YMAT)

Loop Industries, Inc. and J-Star Holding Co., Ltd are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Loop Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $23.6M against $5.8M — 4.1× the size. Across the 4 metrics below, Loop Industries, Inc. leads on 2 and J-Star Holding Co., Ltd on 2.

Valuation

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m — 24.83
P/S 32.10 — 1.46
P/B n/m n/m 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m — 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 13.18
EV/Sales 34.92 n/m 1.84
Earnings yield (56.52%) — 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (60.91%) — 2.29%

Profitability

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 0.00% — 29.23%
Operating margin (1,425.40%) — 3.63%
Net margin (1,765.95%) — 2.89%
Free cash flow margin (1,210.39%) — 3.78%
Return on equity 166.03% — 3.62%
Return on assets (108.19%) — 0.35%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 2.75%

Growth

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) (93.64%) — 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.75% (1,857.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity (0.25) (1.87) 0.54
Current ratio 0.68 0.43 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA (0.07) (0.59) 2.03

Dividend

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — — 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.25

Size

Metric LOOP YMAT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 23.59m 5.75m 2.43b

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