Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BCPC scored 52.2, RPM scored 58.2 — RPM leads.
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Different reporting periods. RPM's fundamentals are as of August 2026, but BCPC's are as of March 2026 — a 5-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BCPC
Balchem Corporation
Specialty Chemicals · Quality-Growth
52.2
$167.83 · $5.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.0
RPM leads
RPM
RPM International Inc.
Specialty Chemicals · Quality-Growth
58.2
$97.73 · $12.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestRPM18.4x
Fastest growthBCPC+8.8%
Strongest balance sheetBCPC0.13
Highest qualityBCPC75 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BCPC
stronger →← stronger
RPM
75
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
74
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
38
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
54
BCPC and RPM split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BCPC
RPM
$176mC
FCF
$706mC+
+8.8%B
Rev
+6.0%C+
0.13A-
D/E
0.79C
33.2xC
P/E
18.4xB
3.26D
PEG
1.67C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BCPC
RPM
65% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
17% above
~19%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~9%/yr
-43%
1-yr DCF upside
-17%
-39%
5-yr DCF upside
-15%
-34%
10-yr DCF upside
-11%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BCPC
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
RPM
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
The companies
BCPCBalchem Corporation
Specialty Chemicals · $167.83 · beta 0.85
Why now
Specialty Chemicals · market cap $5.4b. 9% off the 52-week high of $183.90. 4 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $209.25 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 107% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
RPMRPM International Inc.
Specialty Chemicals · $97.73 · beta 1.04
Why now
Specialty Chemicals · market cap $12.5b. 20% off the 52-week high of $121.78. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $124.60 (implying +27% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 102% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BCPC and RPM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.0 points in favor of RPM. The widest single difference is Value, where RPM leads by 15.5 points.
ValueBCPC 38.1 · RPM 53.6RPM +15.5
QualityBCPC 74.8 · RPM 73.7level
GrowthBCPC 50.0 · RPM 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is RPM or BCPC the better stock?
RPM scores higher: RPM 58.2, BCPC 52.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do RPM and BCPC differ most?
The widest gap is value, where RPM leads by 16 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. The other two pillars are close enough to call level, so this is the one place they genuinely separate.
How are RPM and BCPC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.