KWR vs. VVV, SBSW, TFPM, MEOH, SXT, CSWI, IOSP, HBM, HL, and EGO
Should you be buying Quaker Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quaker Chemical include Valvoline (VVV), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Methanex (MEOH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Innospec (IOSP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Hecla Mining (HL), and Eldorado Gold (EGO). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Valvoline has a net margin of 92.04% compared to Quaker Chemical's net margin of 6.16%. Valvoline's return on equity of 41.83% beat Quaker Chemical's return on equity.
77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Valvoline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Quaker Chemical had 12 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Quaker Chemical and 7 mentions for Valvoline. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Quaker Chemical's score of 0.47 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quaker Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $236.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.18%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.99%. Given Quaker Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quaker Chemical is more favorable than Valvoline.
Valvoline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quaker Chemical. Valvoline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quaker Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quaker Chemical received 85 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.88% 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 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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