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