LIN vs. VNTR, APD, BHP, SCCO, RIO, FCX, VNTRQ, ECL, VALE, and TROX
Should you be buying Linde stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linde include Venator Materials (VNTR), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), BHP Group (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Ecolab (ECL), Vale (VALE), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) and Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Linde has a net margin of 19.26% compared to Linde's net margin of -8.65%. Venator Materials' return on equity of 17.49% beat Linde's return on equity.
In the previous week, Linde had 17 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Linde and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Linde's score of 0.00 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Linde has a consensus price target of $468.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.97%. Given Venator Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Linde is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Venator Materials received 84 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.55% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Venator Materials an outperform vote.
29.0% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Linde shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Linde shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Linde beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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