SXT vs. NEU, MEOH, IOSP, TFPM, HBM, SBSW, HL, EGO, OR, and MP
Should you be buying Sensient Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensient Technologies include NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), Innospec (IOSP), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Hecla Mining (HL), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and MP Materials (MP). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Sensient Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sensient Technologies and 3 mentions for NewMarket. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Sensient Technologies' score of 0.75 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NewMarket has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Sensient Technologies' net margin of 6.16%. NewMarket's return on equity of 38.99% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.
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.
Sensient Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Sensient Technologies' higher possible upside, 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 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 1.8%. 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.
Summary
NewMarket beats Sensient Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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