BCPC vs. GRA, HUN, CC, OLN, CE, ALB, RPM, NEU, ASH, and FUL
Should you be buying Balchem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balchem include W. R. Grace & Co. (GRA), Huntsman (HUN), Chemours (CC), Olin (OLN), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), and H.B. Fuller (FUL).
Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) and W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Balchem presently has a consensus price target of $170.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Given Balchem's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Balchem is more favorable than W. R. Grace & Co..
W. R. Grace & Co. received 57 more outperform votes than Balchem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.78% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave W. R. Grace & Co. an outperform vote.
Balchem has a net margin of 12.35% compared to W. R. Grace & Co.'s net margin of 4.16%. W. R. Grace & Co.'s return on equity of 69.34% beat Balchem's return on equity.
In the previous week, Balchem had 5 more articles in the media than W. R. Grace & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Balchem and 2 mentions for W. R. Grace & Co.. Balchem's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat W. R. Grace & Co.'s score of 0.88 indicating that Balchem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Balchem has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Grace & Co. has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Balchem has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W. R. Grace & Co.. W. R. Grace & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balchem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.9% of Balchem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of W. R. Grace & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Balchem shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of W. R. Grace & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Balchem pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. W. R. Grace & Co. pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Balchem pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Grace & Co. pays out 23.9% 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.
Summary
Balchem beats W. R. Grace & Co. on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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