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Holy Mother Find, $1.50 Projected PPS >> Versum Materials (VSM) versus Terravia Holdings (TVIA) Financial Analysis

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

ABMN Staff

Versum Materials (NYSE: VSM) and Terravia Holdings (NASDAQ:TVIA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.8% of Versum Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Terravia Holdings shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Versum Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Terravia Holdings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Versum Materials and Terravia Holdings’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets

Versum Materials 17.91%-261.88%18.25%
Terravia Holdings-413.48%N/A-61.89%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Versum Materials and Terravia Holdings, as reported by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score

Versum Materials 0-4-6-0-2.60

Terravia Holdings 0-1-0-0-2.00

Versum Materials currently has a consensus target price of $38.11, suggesting a potential downside of 7.59%. Terravia Holdings has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3,659.40%. Given Terravia Holdings’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Terravia Holdings is more favorable than Versum Materials.

Dividends

Versum Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Terravia Holdings does not pay a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Versum Materials and Terravia Holdings’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue/Price/Sales Ratio/EBITDA/Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio

Versum Materials$1.08 billion 4.15 $355.80 million

Terravia Holdings N/AN/AN/A($1.10)-0.04

Versum Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Terravia Holdings.

Summary

Versum Materials beats Terravia Holdings on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Versum Materials

Versum Materials, Inc. is a provider of solutions to the semiconductor and display industries. The Company is engaged in the development, manufacturing, transportation and handling of specialty materials. Its segments include Materials; Delivery Systems and Services (DS&S), and Corporate. The Materials segment is an integrated provider of specialty materials for the electronics industry, focusing on the integrated circuit and flat-panel display markets. The DS&S segment designs, manufactures, installs, operates, and maintains chemical and gas delivery and distribution systems for specialty gases and chemicals delivered directly to its customers’ manufacturing tools. The Company is engaged in molecular design and synthesis, purification, advanced analytics, formulation development and containers and delivery systems for the handling of high purity materials.

About Terravia Holdings

Solazyme, Inc. creates renewable oils and bioproducts. The Company’s technology uses microalgae in an industrial fermentation process to transform a range of plant-based sugars into triglyceride oils and other bioproducts. The Company offers Algenist, a skin and personal care product available at Sephora S.A. and its affiliates, QVC, Inc., SpaceNK Limited, select Nordstrom stores and ULTA Beauty. It offers intermediates/ingredients, such as Tailored oils, powdered oils, and other closely related products targeted at customers in the industrial products, food products and personal care products markets. The Company’s commercial focus is to sell oils, encapsulated oils and whole algal powdered products to companies that use them as intermediates and ingredients

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