TG vs. LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, HWM, MLI, WIRE, and KALU
Should you be buying Tredegar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tredegar include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Mueller Industries (MLI), Encore Wire (WIRE), and Kaiser Aluminum (KALU).
Tredegar (NYSE:TG) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
79.2% of Tredegar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Tredegar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Tredegar. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 2 mentions for Tredegar. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Tredegar's score of 0.53 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LyondellBasell Industries received 539 more outperform votes than Tredegar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.23% of users gave Tredegar an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote.
LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Tredegar's net margin of -14.79%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 19.31% beat Tredegar's return on equity.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Tredegar. Tredegar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LyondellBasell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tredegar has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tredegar pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Tredegar pays out -17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tredegar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus price target of $105.08, indicating a potential upside of 5.70%. Given LyondellBasell Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LyondellBasell Industries is more favorable than Tredegar.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Tredegar on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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