KRO vs. CBT, HWKN, KOP, TG, LYB, WLK, TROX, MTX, LXU, and VHI
Should you be buying Kronos Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kronos Worldwide include Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Tronox (TROX), Minerals Technologies (MTX), LSB Industries (LXU), and Valhi (VHI).
Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Cabot had 4 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 2 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Cabot's score of 0.65 indicating that Kronos Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Kronos Worldwide pays out -330.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 21.8% 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. Kronos Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Kronos Worldwide's net margin of -1.50%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.21% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.
Cabot received 94 more outperform votes than Kronos Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.
15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kronos Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $11.67, suggesting a potential downside of 12.61%. Cabot has a consensus target price of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.90%. Given Cabot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cabot is more favorable than Kronos Worldwide.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cabot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cabot beats Kronos Worldwide on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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