Air Products & Chemicals vs Tronox
APD and TROX side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How APD and TROX compare
Air Products & Chemicals is the larger company, worth 123 times as much as Tronox ($70.5B against $575M).
Air Products & Chemicals grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.5% versus 3.7% for Tronox).
Air Products & Chemicals keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −0.38% compared with −18.0% at Tronox.
Both pay dividends: Air Products & Chemicals yields 2.3% and Tronox 5.6%.
Air Products & Chemicals scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 8 for Tronox), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | APD | TROX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $70.5B | $575M |
| Share price | $316.43 | $3.60 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.4% | −1.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 2.3% | −85.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.71 | 1.61 |
| Employees | 21K | 5,700 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 5.6× | 0.2× (better) |
| P/B | 5.1× | 0.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 76.9× | 40.9× (better) |
| FCF yield | −0.43% (better) | −27.7% |
| Fair value | $94.33 | $12.81 |
| Margin of safety | −235% | 71.9% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.5% (better) | 3.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% (better) | 1.00% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −103% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −103% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.1% (better) | 6.2% |
| Operating margin | −4.7% (better) | −7.2% |
| Net margin | −0.38% (better) | −18.0% |
| FCF margin | −2.4% (better) | −5.2% |
| Return on equity | −0.32% (better) | −39.1% |
| Return on invested capital | −3.3% (better) | −3.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.06 (better) | 2.78 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.09 | 34.11 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −2.7× | −1.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 2.55 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.61 (better) | 0.67 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 5.6% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 6.6% (better) | 4.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% | 5.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.3% | 77.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.44% | 2.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$20.8M | −$1.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.3% | 12.0% |
Go deeper
- APD stock overview
- APD income statement
- APD valuation and score
- TROX stock overview
- TROX income statement
- TROX valuation and score
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