ATI vs IFF vs NEU Stock Comparison

Ati, International Flavors & Fragrances and Newmarket Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ATI Ati Inc
$156.88 -14.7% 1M +75.2% 1Y
Market cap
$22.42B
P/E
47.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.72B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
3 wins
NEU Newmarket Corp
$870.81 -2.2% 1M +15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.07B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Newmarket leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Newmarket 7, Ati 3, International Flavors & Fragrances 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionATIIFFNEULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.42B $23.88B $8.07B IFF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 47.1x 34.3x 18.6x NEU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.9x 29.0x 19.5x NEU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% -4.6% -1.3% ATI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 7.0% 15.8% NEU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.9% 3.0% 15.5% NEU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 3.0x 1.1x NEU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.01% IFF
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +75.2% +43.1% +15.0% ATI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +58.0%/yr -8.3%/yr +18.4%/yr ATI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.7% 35.0% 31.7% NEU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 50/100 71/100 NEU

Percentile Scorecard

ATIIFFNEU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisATIIFFNEU
Valuation 14 #81 of 94 43 #54 of 94 51 #47 of 94
Growth 88 #12 of 92 80 #19 of 92 50 #47 of 92
Profitability 91 #9 of 89 57 #39 of 89 96 #5 of 89
Financial Health 49 #50 of 97 44 #55 of 97 73 #27 of 97
Shareholder Returns 48 #37 of 70 26 #52 of 70 86 #11 of 70
Overall 58 50 71
  • ATI ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • IFF ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • NEU ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodATIIFFNEUSPY
1 month -14.7%+9.8%-2.2% -1.0%
3 months -20.7%+23.9%+11.8% +2.9%
6 months +1.7%+32.3%+25.0% +6.4%
Year to date +36.7%+39.7%+26.7% +11.4%
1 year +75.2%+43.1%+15.0% +13.1%
3 years +329.0%+42.4%+96.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +62.5%+12.5%+25.2% +21.5%
5 years +882.3%-35.2%+132.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +58.0%-8.3%+18.4% +10.9%
10 years +782.8%-27.5%+117.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year +24.3%-3.2%+8.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureATIIFFNEUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.7%35.0%31.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.3%28.7%35.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.630.670.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.801.230.47 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.0%-61.1%-33.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.3%0.0%-9.5% -2.5%
52-week high $231.79$94.13$961.92 $779.14
52-week low $89.25$61.49$584.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleATIIFFNEU
P/E now vs peer median 44.9xmedian 21.5x 34.5xmedian 21.5x 18.4xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 1.4x 2.4xmedian 1.4x 2.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 12.4x 17.1xmedian 12.4x 13.0xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 40.6xmedian 15.5x 44.5xmedian 15.5x 16.9xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 1.6x 4.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 5.07median 1.70 1.07median 1.70 2.07median 1.70

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsATIIFFNEU
Revenue $4.72B $9.98B $2.74B
Gross profit $1.10B $3.74B $863.73M
Operating income $716.80M $754.00M $547.60M
Net income $488.90M $295.00M $433.37M
Free cash flow $526.30M $540.00M $473.66M
R&D – $684.00M $128.57M
EPS (diluted) $3.44 $2.71 $47.32
Cash & equivalents $783.00M $569.00M $93.60M
Total debt $2.19B $23.75B $854.83M
Shares (diluted) 138.30M 257.00M 9.16M
Enterprise value $20.44B $21.54B $7.72B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricATIIFFNEU
P/E 44.9x 34.5x 18.4x
P/FCF 40.6x 44.5x 16.9x
P/Operating cash flow 26.5x 20.7x 14.0x
P/S 4.5x 2.4x 2.9x
P/B 10.7x 1.7x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 10.7x 2.3x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 25.5x 17.1x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 31.8x 38.7x 16.0x
EV/Revenue 4.8x 2.9x 3.2x
EV/FCF 43.3x 54.0x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.3x 25.1x 15.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.07 1.07 2.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricATIIFFNEU
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% -4.6% -1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% -5.6% -0.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.7% -3.8% -4.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.6% -0.2% 6.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 8.8% 295.8% -9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 35.2% 7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.9% 170.2% -9.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 28.8% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.9% 900.0% -7.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.9% 32.3% 8.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 69.9% 5.4% -1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% 18.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 123.6% -4.4% -9.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.8% 17.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricATIIFFNEU
Gross margin 23.4% 37.5% 31.5%
EBITDA margin 18.9% 17.1% 24.7%
Operating margin 15.2% 7.6% 20.0%
Pretax margin 12.7% 3.5% 20.8%
Net margin 10.1% 7.0% 15.8%
FCF margin 11.2% 5.4% 17.3%
Operating cash flow margin 17.1% 11.6% 20.9%
Return on equity 25.2% 2.1% 24.3%
Return on assets 8.9% 1.2% 12.2%
Return on invested capital 14.9% 3.0% 15.5%
Return on capital employed 17.6% 3.6% 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.4x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 3.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricATIIFFNEU
Debt / assets 38.2% 22.7% 23.6%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.4x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 3.0x 1.1x
Debt / FCF 4.2x 10.6x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 65.2% 44.3% 49.2%
Equity / assets 34.8% 55.7% 50.8%
Interest coverage – 4.0x 15.3x
Current ratio 2.3x 2.1x 2.3x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 5.23 1.82 4.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricATIIFFNEU
Dividend yield – 1.7% 1.4%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 0.3% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 2.0% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 138.6% 25.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 75.7% 23.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.0% 9.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -20.7% 9.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusATIIFFNEU
Forward P/E 32.9xFY2026 29.0xFY2026 19.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $4.77FY2026 $3.25FY2026 $44.59FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +47.2%FY2026 -22.6%FY2026 +0.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +23.5% +22.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.24BFY2026 $8.11BFY2026 $2.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.2%FY2026 -25.6%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.1% -8.3% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersATIIFFNEU
Held by institutions 93.5% 100.0% 65.3%
Institutions holding 785 753 422
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +6.0% +3.9%
Institutions buying 478 410 218
Institutions selling 217 226 138
Buyers to sellers 2.20 1.81 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ATIIFFNEU
ATI 1.00 0.14 0.14
IFF 0.14 1.00 0.04
NEU 0.14 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ATI, IFF and NEU?

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ati (ATI) $22.42B, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) $23.88B, Newmarket (NEU) $8.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, ATI, IFF and NEU?

Newmarket (NEU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ati (ATI) 47.1x, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 34.3x, Newmarket (NEU) 18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Newmarket (NEU) is cheapest (Ati (ATI) 32.9x, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 29.0x, Newmarket (NEU) 19.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ati (ATI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ati (ATI) +4.6%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -4.6%, Newmarket (NEU) -1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Newmarket (NEU) has the highest net margin (Ati (ATI) 10.1%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 7.0%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.8%). On return on invested capital, Newmarket (NEU) leads (Ati (ATI) 14.9%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 3.0%, Newmarket (NEU) 15.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ati (ATI) returned the most: Ati (ATI) +75.2%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) +43.1%, Newmarket (NEU) +15.0%. Over five years, Ati (ATI) compounded fastest (Ati (ATI) +58.0%/yr, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -8.3%/yr, Newmarket (NEU) +18.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has the highest dividend yield: Ati (ATI) 0.00%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 0.02%, Newmarket (NEU) 0.01%. Ati (ATI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Newmarket (NEU) has been the steadiest (Ati (ATI) 41.7%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 35.0%, Newmarket (NEU) 31.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ATI, IFF and NEU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Newmarket (NEU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.