HWKN vs. CBT, KRO, KOP, TG, UNVR, LYB, WLK, OLN, ASH, and BCPC
Should you be buying Hawkins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawkins include Cabot (CBT), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), Univar Solutions (UNVR), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Olin (OLN), Ashland (ASH), and Balchem (BCPC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Cabot (NYSE:CBT) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Cabot received 172 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.
Cabot currently has a consensus price target of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.14%. Hawkins has a consensus price target of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Cabot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Cabot.
Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cabot pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawkins pays out 17.8% 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. Cabot has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Hawkins has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Cabot's net margin of 8.20%. Hawkins' return on equity of 26.21% beat Cabot's return on equity.
Cabot has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 2 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hawkins and 7 mentions for Cabot. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Cabot's score of 0.46 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.2% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cabot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cabot beats Hawkins on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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