OEC vs. CBT, CGAU, FSM, GPRE, KRO, SA, DQ, SAND, HWKN, and PRM
Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Cabot (CBT), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Green Plains (GPRE), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Seabridge Gold (SA), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Hawkins (HWKN), and Perimeter Solutions (PRM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Orion (NYSE:OEC) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Cabot received 114 more outperform votes than Orion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Orion an outperform vote.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.24% compared to Orion's net margin of 5.46%. Cabot's return on equity of 25.52% beat Orion's return on equity.
94.3% of Orion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Orion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orion presently has a consensus price target of $27.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.20%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $90.17, suggesting a potential downside of 3.66%. Given Orion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than Cabot.
In the previous week, Orion and Orion both had 5 articles in the media. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Orion's score of 0.32 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Orion pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 20.8% 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.
Orion has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cabot beats Orion on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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