FUL vs. CE, ALB, RPM, NEU, ASH, BCPC, SXT, KWR, IOSP, and MTX
Should you be buying H.B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H.B. Fuller include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Innospec (IOSP), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has higher revenue and earnings than H.B. Fuller. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H.B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Celanese had 14 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Celanese and 3 mentions for H.B. Fuller. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Celanese's score of 0.71 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the media.
H.B. Fuller presently has a consensus price target of $86.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.25%. Celanese has a consensus price target of $156.78, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given H.B. Fuller's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than Celanese.
H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. H.B. Fuller pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 15.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to H.B. Fuller's net margin of 4.39%. Celanese's return on equity of 14.00% beat H.B. Fuller's return on equity.
Celanese received 360 more outperform votes than H.B. Fuller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
Summary
Celanese beats H.B. Fuller on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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