Perimeter Solutions, SA (PRM) vs Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT)

Perimeter Solutions, SA and Sensient Technologies Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sensient Technologies Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $4.6B — 1.2× the size. Perimeter Solutions, SA has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sensient Technologies Corporation trades at 34.7×. Perimeter Solutions, SA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.3% against 8.12%. Sensient Technologies Corporation has the higher net margin (9.27% vs −44.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.51% vs −11.1%). Across the 20 metrics below, Sensient Technologies Corporation leads on 13 and Perimeter Solutions, SA on 7.

Valuation

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
P/E n/m 34.74 24.83
P/S 6.28 3.21 1.46
P/B 4.66 4.34 1.76
Price to free cash flow 58.10 1,220.99 19.84
EV/EBITDA n/m 20.58 13.18
EV/Sales 7.78 3.64 1.84
Earnings yield (7.56%) 2.88% 2.11%
Free cash flow yield 1.72% 0.08% 2.29%

Profitability

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 54.70% 34.65% 29.23%
Operating margin (50.60%) 14.05% 3.63%
Net margin (44.86%) 9.27% 2.89%
Free cash flow margin 10.81% 0.26% 3.78%
Return on equity (30.87%) 13.07% 3.62%
Return on assets (11.85%) 6.90% 0.35%
Return on invested capital (11.11%) 7.51% 2.75%

Growth

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 24.25% 8.12% 4.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3,325.00%) 7.48% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.97% 3.89% 6.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.20% 0.00%

Health

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 1.19 0.61 0.54
Current ratio 1.57 4.39 1.94
Net debt to EBITDA (2.79) 2.51 2.03

Dividend

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 2.61% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.52 0.25

Size

Metric PRM SXT Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 4.59b 5.46b 2.43b

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