ESI vs. CBT, WDFC, OEC, ASPI, ARQ, FTK, ZTEK, FSI, MT, and STLD
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Flotek Industries (FTK), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), ArcelorMittal (MT), and Steel Dynamics (STLD).
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Element Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 8.44%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Cabot.
Cabot received 345 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 39.62% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cabot had 2 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 4 mentions for Element Solutions. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Cabot's score of 0.66 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Element Solutions pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 20.3% 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. 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 Element Solutions' net margin of 5.62%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.21% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Cabot beats Element Solutions on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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