RS vs. CE, ALB, GFI, BG, IP, CF, WLK, WRK, SQM, and MT
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Gold Fields (GFI), Bunge Global (BG), International Paper (IP), CF Industries (CF), Westlake (WLK), WestRock (WRK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), and ArcelorMittal (MT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Reliance (NYSE:RS) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Celanese received 197 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to Reliance's net margin of 8.67%. Reliance's return on equity of 16.26% beat Celanese's return on equity.
Reliance has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Reliance pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 15.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Celanese has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Reliance. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.3% of Reliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Reliance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Celanese 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.
Reliance currently has a consensus price target of $362.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.93%. Celanese has a consensus price target of $156.78, suggesting a potential upside of 3.65%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Reliance is more favorable than Celanese.
In the previous week, Reliance had 15 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Reliance and 7 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Reliance's score of 0.41 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Reliance and Celanese tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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