AdvanSix (ASIX) Competitors

AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) and Rogers (NYSE:ROG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Is ASIX or ROG more profitable?

Rogers has a net margin of 7.73% compared to AdvanSix's net margin of 0.15%. Rogers' return on equity of 5.30% beat AdvanSix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AdvanSix	0.15%	0.06%	0.03%
Rogers	7.73%	5.30%	4.29%

Do analysts prefer ASIX or ROG?

AdvanSix presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.71%. Given AdvanSix's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Rogers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rogers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASIX or ROG?

86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Rogers shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Rogers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ASIX or ROG?

AdvanSix has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ASIX or ROG?

In the previous week, Rogers had 5 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rogers and 1 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Rogers' score of 1.17 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AdvanSix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Rogers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, ASIX or ROG?

Rogers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AdvanSix. Rogers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AdvanSix	$1.53B	0.41	$54.62M	$0.03	785.93
Rogers	$878M	2.51	$56.60M	$3.64	32.49

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASIX or ROG?

Rogers received 228 more outperform votes than AdvanSix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Rogers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AdvanSix	Outperform Votes 249 65.53%	Underperform Votes 131 34.47%
Rogers	Outperform Votes 477 64.81%	Underperform Votes 259 35.19%

Summary

Rogers beats AdvanSix on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.