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FutureFuel (FF) Competitors

$4.33
-0.04 (-0.92%)
(As of 06/7/2024 ET)

FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, CE, ALB, RPM, NEU, ASH, and BCPC

Should you be buying FutureFuel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FutureFuel include Flotek Industries (FTK), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), and Balchem (BCPC). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

FutureFuel vs.

FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Flotek Industries received 46 more outperform votes than FutureFuel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.22% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FutureFuelOutperform Votes
234
68.22%
Underperform Votes
109
31.78%
Flotek IndustriesOutperform Votes
280
59.70%
Underperform Votes
189
40.30%

FutureFuel has higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. FutureFuel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FutureFuel$368.25M0.51$37.38M$0.469.41
Flotek Industries$188.06M0.78$24.71M$0.04124.22

FutureFuel has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

FutureFuel presently has a consensus price target of $0.80, indicating a potential downside of 81.52%. Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Flotek Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FutureFuel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Flotek Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

44.6% of FutureFuel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of FutureFuel shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

FutureFuel has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Flotek Industries' net margin of 2.73%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 7.46% beat Flotek Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FutureFuel5.86% 7.46% 5.76%
Flotek Industries 2.73%1.77%1.15%

In the previous week, FutureFuel had 7 more articles in the media than Flotek Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FutureFuel and 2 mentions for Flotek Industries. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Flotek Industries' score of 0.63 indicating that FutureFuel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FutureFuel
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Flotek Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

FutureFuel beats Flotek Industries on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FF vs. The Competition

MetricFutureFuelIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$189.48M$3.64B$7.78B$17.64B
Dividend Yield5.39%3.35%11.64%3.54%
P/E Ratio9.419.8611.5925.39
Price / Sales0.5118,920.41103.3414.08
Price / Cash4.0770.9410.8419.71
Price / Book0.611.783.384.99
Net Income$37.38M$8.44M$966.43M$975.33M
7 Day Performance1.17%-2.13%-3.38%-1.87%
1 Month Performance-20.26%-5.90%-0.44%-0.76%
1 Year Performance-52.73%-18.78%1.26%8.57%

FutureFuel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTK
Flotek Industries
1.4602 of 5 stars
$4.27
+4.9%
$7.00
+63.9%
+23.8%$126.65M$188.06M106.72143Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.4623 of 5 stars
$303.80
+0.6%
$344.41
+13.4%
+26.6%$77.03B$23.05B32.3964,088Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ECL
Ecolab
4.3743 of 5 stars
$232.50
+1.7%
$239.56
+3.0%
+38.9%$66.40B$15.32B43.0648,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
3.0039 of 5 stars
$96.19
+0.7%
$94.41
-1.8%
+21.1%$24.56B$11.48B-9.8521,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CE
Celanese
4.4233 of 5 stars
$152.04
+0.5%
$156.78
+3.1%
+27.5%$16.61B$10.94B8.3712,410
ALB
Albemarle
4.8618 of 5 stars
$122.79
-0.8%
$165.16
+34.5%
-44.5%$14.43B$9.62B44.659,000
RPM
RPM International
2.1253 of 5 stars
$112.10
+1.9%
$115.11
+2.7%
+33.2%$14.16B$7.34B25.8317,274Positive News
NEU
NewMarket
2.6404 of 5 stars
$534.73
+0.5%
N/A+33.4%$5.13B$2.70B12.862,000Positive News
ASH
Ashland
4.5313 of 5 stars
$100.18
+0.6%
$106.44
+6.3%
+13.7%$5.02B$2.19B26.573,800
BCPC
Balchem
4.3781 of 5 stars
$153.60
+1.4%
$170.00
+10.7%
+16.5%$4.98B$922.44M43.391,302Positive News

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