MOSAIC CO vs Solstice Advanced Materials Inc., two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Mosaic mines phosphate and potash through a price trough, net margin of 0.36%, no earnings multiple, and trades at 0.59 times book, below the value of its assets, burning cash at a -6.89% free-cash yield. Solstice Advanced Materials, a recently spun-off specialty-materials maker, is the mirror image: a 22.61% return on equity, an 8.93% net margin, and a rich 8.87 times book. Solstice carries heavier debt, 1.33 to equity against Mosaic's 0.36, and converts positive cash at 2.59%. Mosaic is a depressed commodity priced under book, Solstice a high-return specialty name priced many times over it.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MOS | SOLS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.51 | $61.31 |
| Market cap | $6.8B | $9.8B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.7% | — |
| P/B | 0.57 | 6.57 |
| P/S | 0.55 | 2.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.8 | 58.1 |
| Revenue growth | +12.4% | +8.7% |
| Gross margin | 7.9% | — |
| Operating margin | -12.4% | — |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | 0.4% | 22.6% |
| Return on assets | 0.2% | 5.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.5% | — |
| FCF yield | -7.2% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 4.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 1.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.25 | 1.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.30 | 2.21 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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