KOP vs. HWKN, KRO, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, EVA, TREX, LPX, and MEOH
Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Enviva (EVA), Trex (TREX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), and Methanex (MEOH).
Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hawkins pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koppers pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hawkins has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Koppers has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Hawkins is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Hawkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Koppers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Koppers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawkins has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Koppers received 123 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.
Hawkins has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Hawkins' net margin of 3.59%. Koppers' return on equity of 19.41% beat Hawkins' return on equity.
Hawkins presently has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.74%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.50%. Given Hawkins' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Koppers is more favorable than Hawkins.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 5 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hawkins and 3 mentions for Koppers. Koppers' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Hawkins' score of 0.84 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hawkins and Koppers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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