AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. vs Hexcel Corporation, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APD and HXL diverge most: on operating margin, APD reads -66.3% and HXL reads 13.7%; on net margin, APD reads -0.4% and HXL reads 7.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HXL'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 | APD | HXL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $281.25 | $84.98 |
| Market cap | $62.7B | $6.5B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +21.6% | — |
| P/B | 3.78 | 5.01 |
| P/S | 4.97 | 3.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 65.0 | 21.1 |
| Revenue growth | +4.6% | +5.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.1% |
| Operating margin | -66.3% | 13.7% |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | -0.3% | 11.8% |
| Return on assets | -0.1% | 5.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.7% | 8.0% |
| FCF yield | -2.5% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 83.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 2.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.29 | 4.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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