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Balchem (Balchem) Profitability Rank : 9 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Balchem Profitability Rank?

Balchem has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Balchem's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.76%. As of today, Balchem's Piotroski F-Score is 5.


Competitive Comparison of Balchem's Profitability Rank

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Balchem's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Balchem's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Balchem's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balchem's Profitability Rank falls into.



Balchem Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Balchem has the Profitability Rank of 9. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Balchem's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=38.335 / 228.699
=16.76 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Balchem has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Balchem Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Balchem (Balchem) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ, USA, 07645
Balchem Corp is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and medical sterilization industries. The segments include 1) Human Nutrition and Health segment provides human-grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products through this segment for nutrition and health applications. 2) Animal Nutrition and Health segment provide nutritional products derived from its microencapsulation and chelation technologies in addition to the essential nutrient choline chloride. 3) Specialty Products segment includes re-packaging and distributing a number of performance gases and chemicals for various uses, notably ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and ammonia.
Executives
David B Fischer director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Olivier Rigaud director CORBION NV, PIET HEINKADE 127, AMSTERDAM P7 1019 GM
Monica Vicente director C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC., P.O. BOX 149222, CORAL GABLES FL 33114
Michael Robert Sestrick officer: Chief Technology Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Frederic Boned officer: SVP/GM, Human Nutri. & Health 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Van Gunsteren Job Leonard officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Hatsuki Miyata officer: General Counsel and Secretary 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Michael Bent Tignor officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Jonathan Harrison Griffin officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Martin Luther Reid officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
William A. Backus officer: Chief Accounting Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Kathleen B Fish director ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
James C Hyde officer: Sr. Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Scott C Mason officer: Vice President C/O NOVAMERICAN STEEL INC, 1050 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, NORWOOD MA 02062
Joyce J. Lee director C/O ZOETIS INC., 100 CAMPUS DRIVE, FLORHAM PARK NJ 07940