ALTM vs. BCPC, ASH, CRS, NEU, VVV, CBT, FUL, CC, HUN, and ESI
Should you be buying Arcadium Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcadium Lithium include Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), Carpenter Technology (CRS), NewMarket (NEU), Valvoline (VVV), Cabot (CBT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Chemours (CC), Huntsman (HUN), and Element Solutions (ESI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) and Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Balchem has a net margin of 12.35% compared to Balchem's net margin of 0.00%. Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 11.03% beat Balchem's return on equity.
Balchem presently has a consensus price target of $170.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Arcadium Lithium's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Balchem is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.
Balchem pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of 6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 123.0%. Balchem pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcadium Lithium pays out 576.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Balchem has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Arcadium Lithium has higher revenue and earnings than Balchem. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balchem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Balchem received 385 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Balchem had 30 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Balchem and 4 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. Arcadium Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Balchem's score of 0.43 indicating that Balchem is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.9% of Balchem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Balchem shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Balchem has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Balchem beats Arcadium Lithium on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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