FUL vs. CE, ALB, RPM, NEU, ASH, BCPC, SXT, KWR, IOSP, and MTX
Should you be buying H.B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H.B. Fuller include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Innospec (IOSP), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Celanese has higher revenue and earnings than H.B. Fuller. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H.B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Celanese had 4 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Celanese and 6 mentions for H.B. Fuller. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat H.B. Fuller's score of 0.78 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Celanese pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H.B. Fuller pays out 32.4% 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. Celanese has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and H.B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Celanese's net margin of 4.39%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 14.00% beat Celanese's return on equity.
Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $156.78, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. H.B. Fuller has a consensus target price of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Celanese's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than Celanese.
Celanese received 360 more outperform votes than H.B. Fuller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Celanese has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Celanese beats H.B. Fuller on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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