PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) vs Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM)

PPG Industries, Inc. and Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. PPG Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $23.6B against $9.7B — 2.4× the size. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 12.1× against 15.3×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against 4.99%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs 9.57%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs 9.87%). Both pay a dividend; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. yields more (14.7% vs 1.92%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 12 and PPG Industries, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 15.32 12.05 24.83
P/S 1.46 2.24 1.46
P/B 2.79 3.45 1.76
Price to free cash flow 17.04 116.53 19.84
EV/EBITDA 10.72 19.54 13.18
EV/Sales 1.78 2.45 1.84
Earnings yield 6.53% 8.30% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 5.87% 0.86% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 40.90% 37.50% 29.23%
Operating margin 13.35% 33.28% 3.63%
Net margin 9.57% 17.80% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 8.57% 0.00% 3.78%
Return on equity 19.25% 0.00% 3.62%
Return on assets 7.04% 10.79% 0.35%
Return on invested capital 9.87% 16.86% 2.75%

Growth

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.99% 90.22% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 46.11% (14.95%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.79% 20.29% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.28% 29.02% 0.00%

Health

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.80 0.60 0.54
Current ratio 1.58 2.61 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 2.32 2.03

Dividend

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.92% 14.70% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.45 0.64 0.25

Size

Metric PPG SQM Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 23.63b 9.72b 2.43b

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