AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. vs Solstice Advanced Materials Inc., two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APD and SOLS diverge most: on fcf yield, APD reads -3.8% and SOLS reads 3.5%; on debt / equity, APD reads 0.02 and SOLS reads 1.33. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What APD'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 | SOLS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.48 | $61.31 |
| Market cap | $66.8B | $9.8B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.4% | — |
| P/E | 31.7 | — |
| P/B | 3.68 | 6.57 |
| P/S | 5.36 | 2.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.8 | 58.1 |
| Revenue growth | +3.8% | +8.7% |
| Operating margin | 23.7% | — |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 22.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.2% | — |
| FCF yield | -3.8% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 1.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.72 | 2.21 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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