ECL vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, FCX, VALE, APD, NEM, RIO, NUE, SCCO, and DOW
Should you be buying Ecolab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecolab include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Nucor (NUE), Southern Copper (SCCO), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) and Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Ecolab has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Ecolab's net margin of -18.19%. Venator Materials' return on equity of 19.36% beat Ecolab's return on equity.
Ecolab received 728 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Ecolab had 8 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ecolab and 1 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ecolab's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ecolab shares are owned by 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.
Ecolab has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecolab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecolab has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecolab has a consensus target price of $230.47, suggesting a potential upside of 4.24%. Given Venator Materials' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Summary
Ecolab beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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