RS vs. CE, ALB, GFI, BG, SQM, IP, CF, WRK, WLK, and SUZ
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Gold Fields (GFI), Bunge Global (BG), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), International Paper (IP), CF Industries (CF), WestRock (WRK), Westlake (WLK), and Suzano (SUZ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Reliance had 17 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Reliance and 14 mentions for Celanese. Reliance's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Celanese's score of 0.39 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celanese presently has a consensus target price of $156.78, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $362.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Given Celanese's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reliance is more favorable than Celanese.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Celanese's net margin of 8.67%. Celanese's return on equity of 16.26% beat Reliance's return on equity.
98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 20.6% 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 Reliance has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Celanese has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reliance. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese received 197 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote.
Summary
Celanese and Reliance tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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