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Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) vs Stepan Company (SCL)

Minerals Technologies Inc. and Stepan Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Minerals Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $1.5B — 1.3× the size. Minerals Technologies Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Stepan Company trades at 361×. Stepan Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.0% against 4.76%. Stepan Company has the higher net margin (0.17% vs −3.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.96% vs −0.99%). Both pay a dividend; Stepan Company yields more (2.33% vs 0.78%). Across the 22 metrics below, Stepan Company leads on 15 and Minerals Technologies Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 360.74 24.46
P/S 0.90 0.61 1.64
P/B 59.11 1.28 1.88
Price to free cash flow 14.36 23.35 19.15
EV/EBITDA 34.57 14.62 12.87
EV/Sales 1.16 0.86 1.88
Earnings yield (3.41%) 0.28% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.96% 4.28% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.90% 11.99% 27.84%
Operating margin (1.60%) 0.95% 5.64%
Net margin (3.11%) 0.17% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 6.24% 0.00% 3.49%
Return on equity (7.75%) 0.00% 2.34%
Return on assets (1.93%) 0.18% 0.45%
Return on invested capital (0.99%) 0.96% 3.21%

Growth

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.76% 10.02% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (111.41%) (6.82%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.38% 4.52% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (18.04%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.28 0.59
Current ratio 1.45 1.32 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 4.54 2.41 2.03

Dividend

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.78% 2.33% 1.80%
Payout ratio — 8.53 0.40

Size

Metric MTX SCL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.94b 1.54b 2.08b

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