NewMarket vs Sensient Technologies
NEU and SXT 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 NEU and SXT compare
NewMarket is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Sensient Technologies ($6.5B against $5.0B).
On earnings, NewMarket is cheaper: it trades at 14.4× trailing earnings, against 29.4× for Sensient Technologies.
Sensient Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.5% versus 0.89% for NewMarket).
NewMarket keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.5% compared with 9.7% at Sensient Technologies.
Both pay dividends: NewMarket yields 1.7% and Sensient Technologies 1.1%.
NewMarket scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 15 for Sensient Technologies), 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 | NEU | SXT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.5B | $5.0B |
| Share price | $709.19 | $116.70 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.9% | 23.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 104% | 13.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.83 |
| Employees | 2,050 | 4,070 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 15 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.4× (better) | 29.4× |
| P/S | 2.4× (better) | 2.8× |
| P/B | 3.4× (better) | 3.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.6× (better) | 18.0× |
| P/FCF | 17.0× | – |
| PEG | 0.85 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.9% (better) | −0.35% |
| Fair value | $826.94 | $95.62 |
| Margin of safety | 14.2% (better) | −22.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.89% | 9.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.0% | 21.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.2% | 21.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 12.5% (better) | 4.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 35.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 20.2% (better) | 14.5% |
| Net margin | 16.5% (better) | 9.7% |
| FCF margin | 13.8% (better) | −1.0% |
| Return on equity | 25.3% (better) | 13.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.3% (better) | 10.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.43 (better) | 0.61 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.10 (better) | 2.36 |
| Interest coverage | 15.8× (better) | 8.0× |
| Current ratio | 2.46 | 3.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.47 | 5.11 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% (better) | 1.1% |
| Payout ratio | 24.4% | 41.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.2% (better) | 1.0% |
| Buyback yield | 1.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.6% (better) | 1.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.3% | 99.0% |
| Held by insiders | 17.4% | 26.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $248K (better) | −$234M |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.0% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- NEU stock overview
- NEU income statement
- NEU valuation and score
- SXT stock overview
- SXT income statement
- SXT valuation and score
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