CBT vs. WLK, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, LYB, ESI, WDFC, OEC, and ASPI
Should you be buying Cabot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cabot include Westlake (WLK), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Element Solutions (ESI), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI).
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Westlake has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cabot had 4 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 2 mentions for Westlake. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Westlake's score of 0.66 indicating that Westlake is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Westlake has higher revenue and earnings than Cabot. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Westlake pays out 100.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cabot pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westlake has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Cabot has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Cabot's net margin of 2.13%. Westlake's return on equity of 26.21% beat Cabot's return on equity.
Westlake presently has a consensus target price of $151.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.95%. Cabot has a consensus target price of $93.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.44%. Given Cabot's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Westlake is more favorable than Cabot.
Westlake received 66 more outperform votes than Cabot when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
Summary
Westlake beats Cabot on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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