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Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) vs WD-40 Company (WDFC)

Minerals Technologies Inc. and WD-40 Company are both Specialty Chemicals companies. WD-40 Company is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $1.9B — 1.6× the size. Minerals Technologies Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; WD-40 Company trades at 37.0×. WD-40 Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 4.76%. WD-40 Company has the higher net margin (11.9% vs −3.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (23.6% vs −0.99%). Both pay a dividend; WD-40 Company yields more (1.80% vs 0.78%). Across the 22 metrics below, WD-40 Company leads on 18 and Minerals Technologies Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 37.03 24.46
P/S 0.90 4.43 1.64
P/B 59.11 11.16 1.88
Price to free cash flow 14.36 31.05 19.15
EV/EBITDA 34.57 25.67 12.87
EV/Sales 1.16 4.45 1.88
Earnings yield (3.41%) 2.70% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.96% 3.22% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 23.90% 55.31% 27.84%
Operating margin (1.60%) 15.83% 5.64%
Net margin (3.11%) 11.94% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 6.24% 14.29% 3.49%
Return on equity (7.75%) 30.35% 2.34%
Return on assets (1.93%) 16.93% 0.45%
Return on invested capital (0.99%) 23.61% 3.21%

Growth

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.76% 10.97% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (111.41%) (9.12%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.38% 7.11% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.26% 0.00%

Health

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.32 0.59
Current ratio 1.45 2.57 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 4.54 0.13 2.03

Dividend

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.78% 1.80% 1.80%
Payout ratio — 0.67 0.40

Size

Metric MTX WDFC Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 1.94b 3.04b 2.08b

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