CSWI vs. FUL, IP, BG, ALB, GFI, CF, WRK, SQM, SUZ, and EMN
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include H.B. Fuller (FUL), International Paper (IP), Bunge Global (BG), Albemarle (ALB), Gold Fields (GFI), CF Industries (CF), WestRock (WRK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Suzano (SUZ), and Eastman Chemical (EMN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% 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. H.B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and CSW Industrials has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. H.B. Fuller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.82% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 4.39%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 18.56% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.
H.B. Fuller currently has a consensus price target of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.25%. Given CSW Industrials' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.
In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 9 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CSW Industrials and 3 mentions for H.B. Fuller. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.50 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
H.B. Fuller and CSW Industrials tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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