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Balchem (BCPC) Competitors

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$167.33
-1.55 (-0.92%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

BCPC vs. OLN, GRA, HUN, FMC, LTHM, RPM, CE, ALB, NEU, and ASH

Should you be buying Balchem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balchem include Olin (OLN), W. R. Grace & Co. (GRA), Huntsman (HUN), FMC (FMC), Livent (LTHM), RPM International (RPM), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), and Ashland (ASH).

Balchem vs.

Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Balchem pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Olin pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balchem pays out 11.0% 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. Balchem has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Balchem shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Olin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Balchem shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Olin received 103 more outperform votes than Balchem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.78% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OlinOutperform Votes
491
59.30%
Underperform Votes
337
40.70%
BalchemOutperform Votes
388
66.78%
Underperform Votes
193
33.22%

In the previous week, Olin had 24 more articles in the media than Balchem. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Olin and 23 mentions for Balchem. Balchem's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Olin's score of -0.18 indicating that Balchem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Olin
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Balchem
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Olin presently has a consensus price target of $51.86, suggesting a potential upside of 26.39%. Balchem has a consensus price target of $185.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than Balchem.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Olin
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Balchem
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Balchem has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Olin's net margin of 2.33%. Balchem's return on equity of 10.94% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Olin2.33% 6.19% 1.77%
Balchem 12.52%10.94%7.34%

Olin has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balchem has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olin$6.48B0.74$460.20M$1.2433.09
Balchem$932.39M5.82$108.54M$3.5447.27

Summary

Balchem beats Olin on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCPC vs. The Competition

MetricBalchemChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.43B$6.09B$2.98B$8.41B
Dividend Yield0.24%2.73%5.25%4.20%
P/E Ratio46.6191.12128.9817.57
Price / Sales5.8236.71565,267.0178.36
Price / Cash33.9211.0623.7133.56
Price / Book5.123.573.654.57
Net Income$108.54M$259.93M$150.72M$225.42M
7 Day Performance0.70%0.52%-1.36%-0.61%
1 Month Performance-4.93%-3.50%2.66%1.50%
1 Year Performance43.95%25.87%32.68%32.94%

Balchem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCPC
Balchem
4.7908 of 5 stars
$167.33
-0.9%
$185.00
+10.6%
+46.1%$5.43B$932.39M46.611,302Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OLN
Olin
4.9221 of 5 stars
$41.43
-8.0%
$52.40
+26.5%
-3.2%$4.95B$6.57B18.257,326Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GRA
W. R. Grace & Co.
1.3189 of 5 stars
$69.99
flat
N/AN/A$4.64B$1.73B60.344,000
HUN
Huntsman
3.8526 of 5 stars
$22.45
-1.8%
$25.75
+14.7%
-3.7%$3.88B$5.95B-44.906,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
FMC
FMC
4.5672 of 5 stars
$62.00
+0.8%
$67.00
+8.1%
+14.9%$7.74B$4.49B5.606,600Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
LTHM
Livent
N/A$16.51
flat
$19.80
+19.9%
N/A$2.97B$813.20M9.221,350
RPM
RPM International
4.0957 of 5 stars
$128.45
-1.3%
$129.70
+1.0%
+41.3%$16.54B$7.29B26.9317,207
CE
Celanese
4.7887 of 5 stars
$128.87
-0.7%
$152.87
+18.6%
+11.1%$14.08B$10.55B7.3312,410Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
ALB
Albemarle
3.9244 of 5 stars
$93.51
-1.7%
$117.30
+25.4%
-25.0%$10.99B$7.46B-19.779,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
NEU
NewMarket
3.5192 of 5 stars
$538.64
-0.3%
N/A+12.4%$5.17B$2.70B12.572,000Dividend Announcement
ASH
Ashland
4.372 of 5 stars
$83.84
-1.3%
$103.50
+23.4%
+15.6%$4.20B$2.11B28.423,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:BCPC) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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