FMC vs Ingevity
FMC and NGVT 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 FMC and NGVT compare
Ingevity is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as FMC ($2.2B against $877M).
Ingevity grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−3.7% versus −22.0% for FMC).
Ingevity keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.3% compared with −151% at FMC.
FMC pays a dividend yielding 5.7%; Ingevity does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FMC | NGVT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $877M | $2.2B |
| Share price | $5.64 | $63.24 |
| Change, 1 year | −59.7% | 26.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −94.6% | −19.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.80 | 1.21 |
| Employees | 5,500 | 1,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 6 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 37.2× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 1.9× |
| P/B | – | 34.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 23.4× |
| P/FCF | 2.4× (better) | 17.7× |
| FCF yield | 42.2% (better) | 5.6% |
| Fair value | – | $35.84 |
| Margin of safety | – | −76.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −22.0% | −3.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −5.7% | −0.81% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 22.0% | 42.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | −97.0% | – |
| Net margin | −151% | 5.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 13.1% (better) | 10.8% |
| Return on equity | −227% | 59.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −38.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 18.18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 7.68 |
| Interest coverage | −10.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.66 (better) | 1.48 |
| Altman Z-score | −0.19 | 2.31 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.22% | – |
| Buyback yield | −46.0% | 7.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −40.3% | 7.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 82.3% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 20.9% | 1.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $202K (better) | −$1.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 31.2% | 3.7% |
Go deeper
- FMC stock overview
- FMC income statement
- FMC valuation and score
- NGVT stock overview
- NGVT income statement
- NGVT valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.