PPG vs IFF vs LYB
161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
PPG69.1
PPG Industries, Inc.
Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
$107.34 −0.36%$23.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
IFF39.5
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
$90.68 +0.40%$23.1B mkt cap
Score DNA
LYB32.1
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
$64.01 +2.14%$20.7B mkt cap
Score DNA
Price, rebased to 100 three years ago
PPG IFF LYB · weekly adjusted closesSmart money 8Valuation 16Profitability (TTM) 12Returns on capital 11Growth 17Margin history & stability 7Liquidity (latest quarter) 7Leverage & solvency (latest quarter) 13Efficiency 11Cash flow & earnings quality 7Dividends & buybacks 9Scores & forensic checks 15Per share 7Size (TTM) 8Price performance 9Technicals 4
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.
Smart money
8 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insider open-market buys, 180d | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Insider $ bought, 180d | $0.00M | $20.32M | — |
| Congress purchases, 180d | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Congress purchase | 2026-09-25 | — | — |
| 13F net change in holders | +48 | +50 | — |
| ETFs adding shares, 30d | 1,064 | 955 | 459 |
| ETFs trimming, 30d | 883 | 747 | 305 |
| Net ETF funds, 30d | +181 | +208 | +154 |
Valuation
16 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | 15.2x
12th
|
79.8x
100th
|
— |
| PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) | 1.89
43rd
|
— | — |
| Price / sales | 1.5x
49th
|
2.3x
66th
|
0.7x
20th
|
| Price / book | 2.8x
57th
|
1.7x
30th
|
1.9x
40th
|
| Price / tangible book | 82.0x
100th
|
9.7x
69th
|
1.8x
17th
|
| Price / free cash flow | 17.0x
47th
|
43.2x
86th
|
6.0x
6th
|
| Price / operating cash flow | 11.0x
48th
|
19.9x
72nd
|
7.0x
18th
|
| Enterprise value | $29.7B
88th
|
$28.8B
86th
|
$32.3B
90th
|
| EV / sales | 1.8x
44th
|
2.9x
68th
|
1.0x
20th
|
| EV / EBITDA | 10.7x
34th
|
19.4x
74th
|
17.1x
60th
|
| EV / EBIT | 13.2x
10th
|
53.6x
90th
|
69.7x
97th
|
| EV / free cash flow | 21.1x
33rd
|
53.8x
86th
|
9.3x
6th
|
| Earnings yield | 6.6%
93rd
|
1.3%
40th
|
-1.7%
33rd
|
| FCF yield | 5.9%
60th
|
2.3%
26th
|
16.7%
95th
|
| Operating cash flow yield | 9.1%
55th
|
5.0%
31st
|
14.4%
83rd
|
| Graham number (per share) | $77.18
80th
|
$37.16
28th
|
— |
Profitability (TTM)
12 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 40.1%
81st
|
37.5%
74th
|
13.2%
17th
|
| EBITDA margin | 16.9%
61st
|
14.9%
49th
|
6.0%
24th
|
| Operating margin | 12.5%
62nd
|
7.8%
40th
|
3.2%
28th
|
| EBIT margin | 13.7%
71st
|
5.4%
37th
|
1.5%
32nd
|
| Net margin | 9.6%
80th
|
2.9%
41st
|
-1.1%
32nd
|
| NOPAT margin | 9.7%
68th
|
6.1%
41st
|
2.6%
27th
|
| FCF margin | 8.6%
54th
|
5.4%
37th
|
11.1%
68th
|
| Operating cash flow margin | 13.2%
56th
|
11.6%
51st
|
9.5%
39th
|
| R&D / revenue | 2.6%
83rd
|
6.9%
98th
|
0.4%
49th
|
| SG&A / revenue | 21.6%
80th
|
17.6%
71st
|
5.3%
5th
|
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.2%
20th
|
0.7%
68th
|
0.0%
10th
|
| Effective tax rate | 22.4%
60th
|
21.7%
55th
|
21.0%
14th
|
Returns on capital
11 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE (on average equity) | 19.6%
78th
|
2.0%
39th
|
-3.1%
29th
|
| ROA | 7.0%
76th
|
1.1%
43rd
|
-1.0%
33rd
|
| ROIC | 11.1%
67th
|
3.1%
29th
|
3.6%
33rd
|
| ROCE | 13.0%
76th
|
2.6%
36th
|
1.7%
31st
|
| Return on tangible assets | 10.1%
71st
|
2.1%
36th
|
1.3%
33rd
|
| Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) | 15.1%
62nd
|
5.9%
17th
|
13.4%
48th
|
| Gross profitability (GP / assets) | 29.2%
88th
|
14.9%
40th
|
11.9%
29th
|
| ROIC, 3-yr average | 8.2%
64th
|
-1.8%
21st
|
3.8%
46th
|
| ROIC, 5-yr average | 9.3%
69th
|
-2.6%
13th
|
8.7%
67th
|
| ROE, 5-yr average | 17.1%
79th
|
-5.3%
16th
|
15.4%
74th
|
| Incremental ROIC | 213.6%
98th
|
-88.5%
28th
|
-237.0%
12th
|
Growth
17 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM YoY) | 12.3%
80th
|
-11.7%
5th
|
-11.3%
7th
|
| Revenue growth (QoQ) | 14.4%
55th
|
-28.7%
0th
|
27.5%
90th
|
| Revenue CAGR, 3 yr | -2.8%
36th
|
-5.6%
18th
|
-10.2%
8th
|
| Revenue CAGR, 5 yr | 0.9%
18th
|
4.3%
45th
|
-2.5%
8th
|
| Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr | -2.0%
44th
|
-0.2%
46th
|
-5.3%
26th
|
| Operating income CAGR, 3 yr | 2.6%
43rd
|
— | -30.6%
7th
|
| Net income growth (TTM YoY) | 55.5%
83rd
|
— | — |
| Net income CAGR, 3 yr | 6.0%
50th
|
— | — |
| EPS growth (TTM YoY) | 58.1%
83rd
|
— | — |
| EPS CAGR, 3 yr | 8.0%
55th
|
— | — |
| EPS CAGR, 5 yr | 2.0%
30th
|
16.4%
87th
|
— |
| FCF growth (TTM YoY) | 75.9%
85th
|
-4.3%
33rd
|
646.4%
100th
|
| FCF CAGR, 3 yr | 4.8%
46th
|
26.5%
96th
|
2.3%
39th
|
| Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr | 8.0%
63rd
|
12.2%
66th
|
-14.7%
17th
|
| Book value CAGR, 3 yr | 5.5%
56th
|
-7.7%
13th
|
-5.9%
18th
|
| Dividend CAGR, 3 yr | 2.6%
56th
|
-0.3%
12th
|
-37.2%
0th
|
| Sustainable growth rate | 11.7%
52nd
|
-0.8%
8th
|
— |
Margin history & stability
7 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin, 3-yr average | 41.0%
88th
|
36.0%
78th
|
12.0%
12th
|
| Operating margin, 3-yr average | 13.4%
78th
|
-4.3%
10th
|
4.3%
35th
|
| Net margin, 3-yr average | 8.2%
72nd
|
-7.1%
20th
|
1.9%
48th
|
| FCF margin, 3-yr average | 7.4%
57th
|
6.4%
52nd
|
6.4%
55th
|
| Revenue stability (0-1) | 0.01
2nd
|
0.23
29th
|
0.21
27th
|
| Earnings stability (0-1) | 0.00
0th
|
0.01
12th
|
0.83
78th
|
| Margin stability (0-1) | 0.97
100th
|
0.93
71st
|
0.75
24th
|
Liquidity (latest quarter)
7 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.6B
86th
|
$569.0M
71st
|
$2.6B
93rd
|
| Net cash (− = net debt) | −$5.9B
12th
|
−$5.7B
14th
|
−$11.6B
7th
|
| Working capital | $3.0B
88th
|
$4.7B
95th
|
$4.6B
93rd
|
| Current ratio | 1.58
33rd
|
2.06
57th
|
1.64
38th
|
| Quick ratio | 1.15
45th
|
1.72
76th
|
1.07
36th
|
| Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) | 0.30
50th
|
0.13
17th
|
0.37
60th
|
| Defensive interval (days) | 443 days
34th
|
295 days
12th
|
778 days
73rd
|
Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)
13 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total debt | $7.5B
88th
|
$6.2B
86th
|
$14.2B
95th
|
| Debt / equity | 0.88
62nd
|
0.45
15th
|
1.33
78th
|
| Net debt / equity | 0.69
57th
|
0.41
25th
|
1.09
80th
|
| Debt / assets | 33.1%
50th
|
24.8%
14th
|
41.2%
71st
|
| Debt / capital | 46.9%
62nd
|
30.9%
15th
|
57.1%
78th
|
| Debt / EBITDA | 2.68
34th
|
4.20
69th
|
7.54
91st
|
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.11
31st
|
3.82
66th
|
6.14
89th
|
| Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) | 8.8x
75th
|
2.9x
42nd
|
0.9x
32nd
|
| Cash interest coverage | 8.5x
68th
|
6.2x
50th
|
6.0x
45th
|
| Debt payback (years of OCF) | 3.4 yrs
30th
|
5.4 yrs
65th
|
4.8 yrs
55th
|
| Liabilities / assets | 61.9%
69th
|
44.3%
14th
|
69.0%
79th
|
| IS credit model rating | A | BB | BB- |
| Implied credit spread (bps) | 150
21st
|
475
62nd
|
550
64th
|
Efficiency
11 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset turnover | 0.74
55th
|
0.39
12th
|
0.89
67th
|
| Fixed asset turnover | 3.56
79th
|
3.12
64th
|
1.82
36th
|
| Inventory turnover | 4.4
41st
|
3.1
15th
|
6.3
76th
|
| Receivables turnover | 4.2
2nd
|
6.2
45th
|
9.1
88th
|
| Days sales outstanding | 87 days
98th
|
59 days
55th
|
40 days
12th
|
| Days inventory outstanding | 83 days
59th
|
117 days
85th
|
58 days
24th
|
| Days payables outstanding | 75 days
79th
|
71 days
71st
|
39 days
24th
|
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 94 days
62nd
|
106 days
79th
|
59 days
36th
|
| Capex / revenue | 4.6%
41st
|
6.3%
63rd
|
— |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.41
76th
|
0.66
27th
|
— |
| Operating expense ratio | 26.1%
71st
|
35.6%
83rd
|
5.4%
5th
|
Cash flow & earnings quality
7 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow / net income | 1.38
36th
|
4.00
92nd
|
— |
| FCF / net income | 0.90
36th
|
1.85
88th
|
— |
| FCF / operating cash flow | 65.0%
56th
|
46.2%
26th
|
— |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 35.0%
44th
|
53.8%
74th
|
— |
| Accruals ratio | -2.7%
83rd
|
-3.4%
76th
|
-9.5%
26th
|
| Sloan accruals ratio | 0.3%
76th
|
3.8%
88th
|
-4.9%
50th
|
| Earnings quality score (0-1) | 1.00
40th
|
1.00
40th
|
— |
Scores & forensic checks
15 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS score | 69
93rd
|
39
38th
|
32
33rd
|
| IS profitability | 51
76th
|
23
43rd
|
22
40th
|
| IS growth | 67
93rd
|
46
41st
|
23
7th
|
| IS value | 57
74th
|
57
71st
|
40
29th
|
| IS momentum | 92
95th
|
78
76th
|
28
0th
|
| IS risk (safety) | 90
71st
|
30
12th
|
50
29th
|
| IS quality | 76
83rd
|
71
74th
|
40
17th
|
| IS balance sheet | 60
67th
|
50
52nd
|
38
29th
|
| IS earnings quality | 71
60th
|
75
81st
|
51
33rd
|
| IS cash flow | 63
81st
|
46
38th
|
56
64th
|
| Piotroski F-score (0-9) | 8
88th
|
8
88th
|
3
2nd
|
| Altman Z-score | 3.8
74th
|
1.6
19th
|
1.8
29th
|
| Beneish M-score | −2.57
63rd
|
−2.86
37th
|
−3.04
20th
|
| Ohlson O-score | −8.00
26th
|
−9.36
12th
|
−6.86
62nd
|
| IS credit score | 74
74th
|
44
38th
|
37
31st
|
Size (TTM)
8 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $23.9B
90th
|
$23.1B
88th
|
$20.7B
86th
|
| Revenue | $16.4B
90th
|
$10.0B
83rd
|
$31.2B
98th
|
| EBITDA | $2.8B
88th
|
$1.5B
83rd
|
$1.9B
86th
|
| Net income | $1.6B
93rd
|
$290.0M
79th
|
−$348.0M
2nd
|
| Free cash flow | $1.4B
86th
|
$536.0M
76th
|
$3.5B
98th
|
| Total assets | $22.5B
86th
|
$25.2B
88th
|
$34.5B
95th
|
| Shareholders' equity | $8.4B
83rd
|
$14.0B
98th
|
$10.7B
93rd
|
| Employees | 43,500
93rd
|
21,500
90th
|
18,970
86th
|
Price performance
9 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | −0.4% | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| 1 week | +3.3% | +7.2% | +6.6% |
| 1 month | +1.9% | +7.3% | −0.4% |
| 3 months | −7.2% | +17.3% | +5.4% |
| 6 months | −6.5% | +19.5% | −3.4% |
| Year to date | +3.5% | +33.2% | +45.9% |
| 1 year | +8.7% | +47.3% | +40.8% |
| 3 years, cumulative | −14.6% | +45.5% | −19.4% |
| 5 years, cumulative | −22.2% | −26.2% | −10.9% |
Technicals
4 measures| Measure | PPG | IFF | LYB |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSI 14 | 53.0 | 73.3 | 63.1 |
| From 52-week high | −19.0% | −1.2% | −23.7% |
| From 52-week low | +15.4% | +48.8% | +58.4% |
| Beta | 1.05 | 0.93 | 0.35 |
InsiderStreet reports findings from filings and market data. A comparison is not a recommendation to buy or sell either stock.Every figure is computed in code · data as of 2026-10-17