KWR vs. VVV, TFPM, MEOH, HBM, EGO, IOSP, SXT, SMG, HL, and CSWI
Should you be buying Quaker Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quaker Chemical include Valvoline (VVV), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Methanex (MEOH), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Innospec (IOSP), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Hecla Mining (HL), and CSW Industrials (CSWI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Quaker Chemical currently has a consensus price target of $231.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.37%. Valvoline has a consensus price target of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Quaker Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quaker Chemical is more favorable than Valvoline.
In the previous week, Valvoline had 1 more articles in the media than Quaker Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Valvoline and 8 mentions for Quaker Chemical. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Quaker Chemical's score of 0.69 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valvoline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quaker Chemical. Quaker Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valvoline has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Quaker Chemical's net margin of 6.16%. Valvoline's return on equity of 136.59% beat Quaker Chemical's return on equity.
77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quaker Chemical received 86 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave Quaker Chemical an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.
Summary
Valvoline beats Quaker Chemical on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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