DUPONT DE NEMOURS, 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 DD and IFF diverge most: on revenue growth, DD reads +3.3% and IFF reads -4.1%; on altman z (solvency), DD reads 0.36 and IFF reads 6.45. 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 | DD | IFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.97 | $84.56 |
| Market cap | $17.8B | $21.7B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 57.8 | 80.5 |
| P/B | 1.28 | 1.55 |
| P/S | 2.54 | 2.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 42.6 | 16.4 |
| Revenue growth | +3.3% | -4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 43.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Return on equity | 0.4% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 2.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.23 | 0.41 |
| Current ratio | 2.43 | 2.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.36 | 6.45 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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