CSWI vs. FUL, IP, BG, ALB, CF, GFI, WRK, SQM, SUZ, and EMN
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include H.B. Fuller (FUL), International Paper (IP), Bunge Global (BG), Albemarle (ALB), CF Industries (CF), Gold Fields (GFI), WestRock (WRK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Suzano (SUZ), and Eastman Chemical (EMN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, H.B. Fuller had 2 more articles in the media than CSW Industrials. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for H.B. Fuller and 2 mentions for CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CSW Industrials' score of 1.18 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.82% compared to H.B. Fuller's net margin of 4.39%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 18.56% beat H.B. Fuller's return on equity.
H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H.B. Fuller has a consensus target price of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.32%. Given H.B. Fuller's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.
82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% 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.
H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
H.B. Fuller beats CSW Industrials on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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