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Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG) vs Stepan Company (SCL)

Lightwave Logic Inc. and Stepan Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Stepan Company is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $829.4M — 1.7× the size. Lightwave Logic Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 165.5% against 7.63%. Stepan Company has the higher net margin (−0.11% vs −9,410.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.71% vs −187.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Stepan Company leads on 12 and Lightwave Logic Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m 24.83
P/S 3,254.69 0.61 1.46
P/B 7.82 1.22 1.76
Price to free cash flow n/m 22.24 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m 13.48 13.18
EV/Sales 2,871.66 0.83 1.84
Earnings yield (3.01%) (0.19%) 2.11%
Free cash flow yield (2.33%) 4.50% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 98.88% 11.81% 29.23%
Operating margin (9,964.14%) 0.82% 3.63%
Net margin (9,410.74%) (0.11%) 2.89%
Free cash flow margin (7,567.97%) 2.60% 3.78%
Return on equity (35.42%) (0.22%) 3.62%
Return on assets (33.54%) (0.11%) 0.35%
Return on invested capital (187.60%) 0.71% 2.75%

Growth

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 165.54% 7.63% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.79% (6.82%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 4.52% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (18.04%) 0.00%

Health

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.53 0.54
Current ratio 62.84 1.15 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 3.81 2.41 2.03

Dividend

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 1.65% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.42 0.25

Size

Metric LWLG SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 829.42m 1.45b 2.43b

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