International Flavors & Fragrances vs Westlake
IFF and WLK 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 IFF and WLK compare
International Flavors & Fragrances is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Westlake ($23.7B against $8.7B).
Westlake grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−4.0% versus −4.6% for International Flavors & Fragrances).
Both pay dividends: International Flavors & Fragrances yields 1.7% and Westlake 3.1%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IFF | WLK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $23.7B | $8.7B |
| Share price | $93.02 | $68.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 47.0% | −7.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −35.2% | −31.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 0.93 |
| Employees | 22K | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 9 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.4× | 0.8× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0× | – |
| P/FCF | 44.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 2.3% (better) | −3.0% |
| Fair value | $104.59 | $112.33 |
| Margin of safety | 11.1% | 39.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.6% | −4.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.5% (better) | 8.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.5% (better) | 9.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% (better) | −11.0% |
| Net margin | – | −10.9% |
| FCF margin | 5.4% (better) | −2.3% |
| Return on equity | – | −13.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.0% (better) | −8.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.41 (better) | 0.58 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.01 | – |
| Interest coverage | 4.0× (better) | −6.1× |
| Current ratio | 2.06 | 2.45 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.81 (better) | 1.71 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 3.1% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −12.0% | 14.7% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.72% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% | 3.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 31.1% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 73.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $31.1M (better) | −$10.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.4% | 14.6% |
Go deeper
- IFF stock overview
- IFF income statement
- IFF valuation and score
- WLK stock overview
- WLK income statement
- WLK valuation and score
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