Olin Corporation (OLN) vs Tronox Holdings PLC (TROX)

Olin Corporation and Tronox Holdings PLC are both Chemicals companies. Olin Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $603.7M — 2.9× the size. Tronox Holdings PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.66% against 0.60%. Olin Corporation has the higher net margin (−2.94% vs −18.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.44% vs −3.25%). Both pay a dividend; Tronox Holdings PLC yields more (5.51% vs 5.38%). Across the 20 metrics below, Olin Corporation leads on 15 and Tronox Holdings PLC on 5.

Valuation

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.25 0.19 0.41
P/B 0.99 0.49 1.08
Price to free cash flow 16.84 n/m 7.14
EV/EBITDA 11.84 36.04 9.56
EV/Sales 0.69 1.18 0.82
Earnings yield (11.64%) (95.32%) (11.64%)
Free cash flow yield 5.94% (25.16%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
Gross margin 6.87% 6.22% 16.03%
Operating margin (1.57%) (7.16%) (0.82%)
Net margin (2.94%) (17.96%) (3.05%)
Free cash flow margin 1.50% (4.78%) (0.15%)
Return on equity (10.64%) (38.26%) (5.24%)
Return on assets (2.61%) (9.05%) (2.51%)
Return on invested capital (1.44%) (3.25%) (0.75%)

Growth

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.60% 3.66% 2.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (196.95%) (858.06%) (39.53%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.32% 1.00% 2.20%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
Debt to equity 1.77 2.71 0.71
Current ratio 1.42 2.55 1.99
Net debt to EBITDA 5.05 51.03 3.49

Dividend

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
Dividend yield 5.38% 5.51% 4.62%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric OLN TROX Chemicals median
Market cap 1.78b 603.67m 603.67m

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