VNTRQ vs. ALTM, HGASW, LIN, BHP, SCCO, RIO, FCX, VNTR, ECL, and APD
Should you be buying Venator Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Venator Materials include Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Global Gas (HGASW), Linde (LIN), BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Venator Materials (VNTR), Ecolab (ECL), and Air Products and Chemicals (APD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) and Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Arcadium Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadium Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arcadium Lithium received 1 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Arcadium Lithium'saverage media sentiment score.
Arcadium Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 0.00% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
0.5% of Venator Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arcadium Lithium beats Venator Materials on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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