Solesence, Inc. (SLSN) vs Tantech Holdings Ltd. (TANH)

Solesence, Inc. and Tantech Holdings Ltd. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Solesence, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $64.2M against $26.6M — 2.4× the size. Tantech Holdings Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Solesence, Inc. trades at 44.7×. Tantech Holdings Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.3% against −1.95%. Solesence, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.85% vs 3.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.98% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, Solesence, Inc. leads on 12 and Tantech Holdings Ltd. on 5.

Valuation

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
P/E 44.67 n/m 24.15
P/S 1.75 n/m 1.23
P/B 6.37 n/m 2.81
Price to free cash flow 12.91 n/m 19.05
EV/EBITDA 28.58 n/m 13.74
EV/Sales 2.08 (0.24) 1.29
Earnings yield 2.24% (5.52%) 1.46%
Free cash flow yield 7.74% 0.00% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 30.99% 19.09% 47.37%
Operating margin 5.37% 0.00% 2.07%
Net margin 3.85% 3.01% 2.59%
Free cash flow margin 13.56% 0.00% 5.44%
Return on equity 13.79% 0.00% 6.22%
Return on assets 4.76% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.98% 0.00% 1.05%

Growth

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.95%) 18.27% 2.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.43%) (78.07%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 29.38% (1.93%) (0.28%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.60% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.03 0.40
Current ratio 1.73 6.59 1.77
Net debt to EBITDA 5.66 2.41 1.37

Dividend

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — — 2.48%
Payout ratio — — 0.62

Size

Metric SLSN TANH Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 64.22m 26.57m 647.63m

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