NEU vs. CE, ALB, RPM, ASH, BCPC, FUL, KWR, SXT, IOSP, and MTX
Should you be buying NewMarket stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewMarket include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of NewMarket shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Celanese received 450 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Celanese had 14 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Celanese and 2 mentions for NewMarket. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat NewMarket's score of 0.80 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $156.78, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given NewMarket's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Celanese is more favorable than NewMarket.
Celanese has higher revenue and earnings than NewMarket. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NewMarket, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Celanese's net margin of 14.82%. Celanese's return on equity of 38.99% beat NewMarket's return on equity.
Celanese has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Celanese pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 24.1% 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. Celanese has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and NewMarket has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Summary
Celanese beats NewMarket on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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