CE vs. RS, SUZ, BG, GFI, WLK, CF, MT, ALB, CCJ, and SQM
Should you be buying Celanese stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celanese include Reliance (RS), Suzano (SUZ), Bunge Global (BG), Gold Fields (GFI), Westlake (WLK), CF Industries (CF), ArcelorMittal (MT), Albemarle (ALB), Cameco (CCJ), and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Celanese has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reliance. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Reliance's net margin of 8.67%. Reliance's return on equity of 16.26% beat Celanese's return on equity.
98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 20.6% 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. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Celanese received 195 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.98% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Reliance had 33 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Reliance and 9 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Reliance's score of 0.22 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $149.56, indicating a potential downside of 3.15%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $362.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.57%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reliance is more favorable than Celanese.
Summary
Celanese and Reliance tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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