ICL GROUP LTD. vs LINDE PLC, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ICL and LIN diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ICL reads -3.5% and LIN reads +22.3%; on debt / equity, ICL reads 0.00 and LIN reads 0.66. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ICL price has a different growth bar priced in than LIN (-3.5% implied for ICL vs +22.3% for LIN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ICL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LIN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ICL | LIN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.86 | $529.65 |
| Market cap | $6.3B | $247.0B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.5% | +22.3% |
| P/E | 27.0 | 35.1 |
| P/B | 1.00 | 6.16 |
| P/S | 0.88 | 7.13 |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.6 | 20.8 |
| Revenue growth | +3.6% | +5.0% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 27.8% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 20.4% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 17.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 10.9% |
| FCF yield | 16.8% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.66 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 0.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.44 | 3.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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