International Flavors & Fragrances vs LyondellBasell Industries
IFF and LYB 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 LYB compare
International Flavors & Fragrances and LyondellBasell Industries are about the same size, with market caps of $20.5B and $20.6B.
LyondellBasell Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.5% versus −4.6% for International Flavors & Fragrances).
Both pay dividends: International Flavors & Fragrances yields 2.0% and LyondellBasell Industries 5.4%.
LyondellBasell Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 9 for International Flavors & Fragrances), 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 | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.5B | $20.6B |
| Share price | $80.38 | $63.88 |
| Change, 1 year | 23.1% | 45.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −46.4% | −28.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 22K | 19K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.1× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 1.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1× | 6.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 38.0× | 8.6× (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 11.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $83.16 | $90.56 |
| Margin of safety | 3.3% | 29.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.6% | 3.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.5% (better) | 1.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.5% (better) | 14.3% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 8.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | 7.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 3.0% | 11.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.41 (better) | 1.10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.01 | 1.67 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 4.0× | 5.1× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.06 (better) | 1.78 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.63 | 2.20 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 5.4% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −12.0% | 5.3% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 5.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 75.0% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 20.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $31.2M (better) | −$27.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.1% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- IFF stock overview
- IFF income statement
- IFF valuation and score
- LYB stock overview
- LYB income statement
- LYB valuation and score
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