ALBEMARLE CORPORATION vs INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ALB and IFF diverge most: on revenue growth, ALB reads +19.1% and IFF reads -4.1%; on p/e, ALB reads 389.2 and IFF reads 80.5. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ALB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IFF's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ALB | IFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $101.19 | $84.56 |
| Market cap | $11.9B | $21.7B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.1% | — |
| P/E | 389.2 | 80.5 |
| P/B | 1.13 | 1.55 |
| P/S | 2.02 | 2.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6 | 16.4 |
| Revenue growth | +19.1% | -4.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.9% | 43.6% |
| Operating margin | 26.0% | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Return on equity | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | 1.4% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.6% | 2.0% |
| FCF yield | 11.2% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.41 |
| Current ratio | 2.09 | 2.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.08 | 6.45 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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