ASHLAND INC. vs Seaboard Corporation, two Wholesale stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASH and SEB diverge most: on revenue growth, ASH reads -1.3% and SEB reads +6.9%; on fcf yield, ASH reads -5.1% and SEB reads -0.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ASH | SEB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.64 | $4428.46 |
| Market cap | $3.3B | $4.2B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 57.6 | 7.3 |
| P/B | 1.79 | 0.79 |
| P/S | 1.81 | 0.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.1 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | -1.3% | +6.9% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 9.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 4.0% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 11.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.1% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| FCF yield | -5.1% | -0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.73 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 3.05 | 2.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.66 | 3.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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