Specialty Chemicals industry stocks
The Specialty Chemicals industry has 60 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Basic Materials sector, with a combined market value of $669.5B. Linde PLC (LIN) is the largest at $214.9B, followed by The Sherwin-Williams Company and Ecolab Inc.. The median Specialty Chemicals stock trades at 24.8× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 2.89% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 4.51%. 38 of the 60 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.69%.
Specialty Chemicals medians
| Metric | Industry | Market |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 24.8× | 17.9× |
| P/S | 1.5× | 2.0× |
| P/B | 1.8× | 1.8× |
| Price to free cash flow | 19.8× | 14.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.2× | 11.0× |
| EV/Sales | 1.8× | 2.2× |
| Earnings yield | 2.11% | 1.18% |
| Free cash flow yield | 2.29% | 0.48% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 46.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.63% | 0.00% |
| Net margin | 2.89% | 0.55% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.78% | 0.00% |
| Return on equity | 3.62% | 1.76% |
| Return on assets | 0.35% | 0.00% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.75% | 0.00% |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.51% | 7.41% |
| Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR | 6.30% | 8.85% |
| Net income growth, 5-year CAGR | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.5× | 0.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.9× | 1.6× |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.0× | 0.6× |
| Dividend yield | 1.69% | 2.75% |
| Payout ratio | 0.3× | 0.0× |
| Market cap | $2.4B | $612.7M |
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All 60 companies
Open in screener| LIN | Linde PLC | 214.90b | 469.89 | 0.37% | 30.20 | 20.43% | 6.63% | 1.33% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | 78.05b | 329.10 | 2.72% | 30.03 | 11.01% | 5.76% | 0.90% |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | 77.19b | 279.49 | 1.50% | 37.27 | 12.57% | 7.11% | 1.06% |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 63.35b | 281.76 | (0.96%) | 0.00 | (0.38%) | 4.51% | 3.24% |
| PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | 23.63b | 107.52 | 1.13% | 15.32 | 9.57% | 4.99% | 1.92% |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | 21.90b | 85.69 | (0.19%) | 78.61 | 2.56% | 3.49% | 4.00% |
| LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | 19.60b | 58.14 | (3.39%) | 0.00 | (1.13%) | (1.75%) | 5.35% |
| DD | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 17.58b | 131.71 | 1.14% | 292.75 | 0.79% | 75.67% | 2.25% |
| ALB | Albemarle Corporation | 12.90b | 109.73 | 1.37% | 228.60 | 0.97% | 18.32% | 1.41% |
| RPM | RPM International Inc. | 12.59b | 100.44 | 1.75% | 19.39 | 8.38% | 6.66% | 1.47% |
| SQM | Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. | 9.72b | 66.89 | (0.60%) | 12.05 | 17.80% | 90.22% | 14.70% |
| SSL | Sasol Ltd. | 9.06b | 14.03 | (1.89%) | 3.01 | 8.89% | 26.64% | 10.69% |
| SOLS | Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. | 8.99b | 56.65 | 1.14% | 26.18 | 5.13% | — | — |
| WLK | Westlake Corporation | 8.53b | 67.71 | 1.33% | 0.00 | (10.86%) | (3.95%) | 1.14% |
| ESI | Element Solutions Inc. | 8.41b | 35.71 | 3.51% | 48.26 | 5.67% | 26.61% | 1.15% |
| NEU | NewMarket Corporation | 8.22b | 898.04 | 0.53% | 19.32 | 15.74% | (1.31%) | 1.50% |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | 7.57b | 66.97 | 1.18% | 17.30 | 4.99% | (4.53%) | 3.95% |
| AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 6.90b | 32.89 | 1.95% | 20.18 | 6.78% | (0.92%) | 0.27% |
| SXT | Sensient Technologies Corporation | 5.46b | 129.22 | 0.78% | 34.74 | 9.27% | 8.12% | 2.61% |
| BCPC | Balchem Corporation | 5.35b | 167.89 | 0.03% | 32.98 | 15.14% | 10.14% | 0.55% |
| CLMT | Calumet, Inc. | 4.69b | 53.65 | (0.37%) | 0.00 | (2.98%) | 12.80% | — |
| PRM | Perimeter Solutions, SA | 4.59b | 29.11 | 3.74% | 0.00 | (44.86%) | 24.25% | — |
| CBT | Cabot Corporation | 4.06b | 78.76 | 0.14% | 22.12 | 5.28% | (4.74%) | 2.07% |
| AVNT | Avient Corporation | 3.74b | 41.28 | 1.23% | 22.19 | 5.10% | 2.36% | 2.02% |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | 3.16b | 69.06 | (0.06%) | 60.58 | 2.77% | (1.39%) | 1.77% |
| KWR | Quaker Houghton | 2.74b | 163.45 | 2.41% | 29.06 | 4.94% | 7.79% | 0.48% |
| WDFC | WD-40 Company | 2.65b | 199.17 | 1.00% | 30.13 | 13.19% | 10.15% | 1.27% |
| HWKN | Hawkins, Inc. | 2.64b | 129.03 | 1.90% | 33.17 | 7.29% | 9.32% | 1.01% |
| FUL | H. B. Fuller Company | 2.61b | 50.06 | 0.12% | 14.66 | 5.29% | (0.57%) | 1.11% |
| NGVT | Ingevity Corporation | 2.47b | 73.00 | 1.69% | 47.40 | 4.65% | 10.63% | — |
| IOSP | Innospec Inc. | 2.39b | 98.72 | 1.88% | 20.10 | 6.60% | 2.87% | 1.19% |
| CC | The Chemours Company | 2.14b | 14.46 | 1.90% | 0.00 | (5.24%) | (0.89%) | 3.32% |
| MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc. | 2.07b | 66.98 | 0.95% | 0.00 | (3.13%) | 4.06% | 0.57% |
| SCL | Stepan Company | 1.45b | 64.53 | 1.11% | 0.00 | (0.11%) | 7.63% | 1.65% |
| ODC | Oil-Dri Corporation Of America | 1.24b | 88.60 | (4.32%) | 21.88 | 11.34% | 3.31% | 1.73% |
| ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | 1.11b | 10.14 | 0.00% | 0.00 | (7.06%) | 51.41% | — |
| KRO | Kronos Worldwide Inc | 932.29m | 8.25 | 1.73% | 0.00 | (5.63%) | 2.70% | 8.58% |
| KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | 869.18m | 46.27 | 0.67% | 0.00 | (4.59%) | (4.98%) | 0.47% |
| LWLG | Lightwave Logic Inc. | 829.42m | 5.31 | 0.57% | 0.00 | (9,410.74%) | 165.54% | — |
| MATV | Mativ Holdings, Inc. | 671.66m | 11.92 | (2.05%) | 7.36 | 4.50% | 1.06% | 8.50% |
| MNTK | Montauk Renewables, Inc. | 409.94m | 2.93 | 1.74% | 47.56 | 4.19% | 4.28% | — |
| GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | 348.60m | 1.40 | 1.43% | 0.00 | (119.93%) | 121.37% | — |
| OEC | Orion S.A. | 340.27m | 5.89 | (2.16%) | 0.00 | (5.28%) | (1.02%) | 0.36% |
| ALTO | Alto Ingredients, Inc. | 290.11m | 3.73 | (0.27%) | 5.49 | 5.38% | 1.09% | — |
| FF | FutureFuel Corp. | 225.46m | 5.12 | (0.39%) | 0.00 | (17.18%) | (7.63%) | 4.08% |
| HDSN | Hudson Technologies, Inc. | 220.12m | 5.16 | (1.34%) | 24.83 | 3.51% | 14.30% | — |
| CMT | Core Molding Technologies Inc | 204.41m | 23.21 | 0.48% | 26.99 | 2.89% | (7.88%) | — |
| AMTX | Aemetis, Inc | 129.91m | 1.79 | 1.69% | 0.00 | (26.14%) | 2.95% | — |
| FEAM | 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. | 115.39m | 2.80 | 0.72% | 0.86 | 0.00% | — | — |
| CITR | CitroTech Inc. | 96.30m | 4.32 | 1.64% | 0.00 | (1,788.40%) | (26.37%) | — |
| NTIC | Northern Technologies International Corporation | 74.55m | 7.80 | (0.64%) | 0.00 | (1.26%) | 7.70% | 2.06% |
| LOOP | Loop Industries, Inc. | 23.59m | 0.46 | (4.17%) | 0.00 | (1,765.95%) | (93.64%) | — |
| BON | Bon Natural Life Limited | 9.88m | 1.20 | (0.83%) | 0.95 | 18.39% | 53.31% | — |
| TSEOQ | Trinseo PLC | 9.47m | 0.01 | 0.00% | 0.00 | (20.05%) | (8.67%) | 8.34% |
| CRKN | Crown Electrokinetics Corp. | 5.80m | 0.01 | 0.00% | 0.00 | (170.97%) | 2,509.70% | — |
| YMAT | J-Star Holding Co., Ltd | 5.75m | 1.56 | 9.09% | — | — | — | — |
| CNEY | CN Energy Group. Inc. | 4.77m | 0.56 | (3.45%) | 3.11 | 12.80% | — | — |
| BGLC | BioNexus Gene Lab Corp. | 4.34m | 1.39 | (7.43%) | 0.00 | (82.36%) | (67.27%) | — |
| SNES | Senestech, Inc. | 3.94m | 0.71 | (2.74%) | 0.00 | (294.73%) | 13.43% | — |
| HGAS | Global Gas Corporation | 1.09m | 0.05 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% | — | — |