AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. vs INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APD and IFF diverge most: on revenue growth, APD reads +4.6% and IFF reads -4.1%; on operating margin, APD reads -66.3% and IFF reads 8.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | APD | IFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $291.55 | $83.61 |
| Market cap | $65.0B | $21.5B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.8% | — |
| P/E | — | 79.6 |
| P/B | 3.91 | 1.53 |
| P/S | 5.15 | 2.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.6 | 15.7 |
| Revenue growth | +4.6% | -4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 43.6% |
| Operating margin | -66.3% | 8.1% |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 2.7% |
| Return on equity | -0.3% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | -0.1% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.1% | 2.0% |
| FCF yield | -2.4% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.41 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 2.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.35 | 6.45 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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