ANDERSONS, INC. vs ASHLAND INC., two Wholesale stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ANDE and ASH diverge most: on fcf yield, ANDE reads 2.3% and ASH reads -5.2%; on p/s, ANDE reads 0.22 and ASH reads 1.77. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ANDE | ASH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $70.92 | $70.87 |
| Market cap | $2.4B | $3.3B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 56.3 |
| P/B | 1.79 | 1.74 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 1.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.6 | 12.8 |
| Revenue growth | -4.8% | -1.3% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 34.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 2.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | -5.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 0.73 |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 3.05 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.53 | 6.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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