NEU vs. SXT, MEOH, GPRE, WLK, HMY, VVV, ESI, AGI, CBT, and ATI
Should you be buying NewMarket stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewMarket include Sensient Technologies (SXT), Methanex (MEOH), Green Plains (GPRE), Westlake (WLK), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Valvoline (VVV), Element Solutions (ESI), Alamos Gold (AGI), Cabot (CBT), and ATI (ATI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Sensient Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sensient Technologies and 18 mentions for NewMarket. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat NewMarket's score of 0.50 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sensient Technologies received 75 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.04% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
NewMarket has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. NewMarket is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sensient Technologies pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NewMarket pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
NewMarket has a net margin of 14.82% compared to NewMarket's net margin of 6.16%. Sensient Technologies' return on equity of 38.99% beat NewMarket's return on equity.
Sensient Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Given NewMarket's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sensient Technologies is more favorable than NewMarket.
90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of NewMarket shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
NewMarket beats Sensient Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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