IFF vs. SHW, ECL, CE, RPM, ALB, NEU, BCPC, ASH, FUL, and SXT
Should you be buying International Flavors & Fragrances stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Flavors & Fragrances include Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), H.B. Fuller (FUL), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherwin-Williams pays out 30.5% 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. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 1 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 10 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat International Flavors & Fragrances' score of 0.96 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sherwin-Williams has higher revenue and earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherwin-Williams, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sherwin-Williams has a net margin of 10.52% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -22.01%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 73.74% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
International Flavors & Fragrances currently has a consensus target price of $95.61, indicating a potential downside of 2.91%. Sherwin-Williams has a consensus target price of $344.41, indicating a potential upside of 17.97%. Given Sherwin-Williams' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Sherwin-Williams received 392 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.30% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote while only 59.97% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Summary
Sherwin-Williams beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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