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ETR:WCH

Wacker Chemie (WCH) Competitors

€134.90
+0.70 (+0.52%)
(As of 09/22/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
€133.60
€137.05
50-Day Range
€130.30
€141.35
52-Week Range
€98.58
€161.55
Volume
62,440 shs
Average Volume
218,420 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.85 billion
P/E Ratio
9.07
Dividend Yield
8.90%
Price Target
€164.44

WCH vs. 1COV, BNR, SY1, FPE3, LXS, HEI, SDF, CE2, EVK, and FPE

Should you be buying Wacker Chemie stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wacker Chemie include Covestro (1COV), Brenntag (BNR), Symrise (SY1), Fuchs (FPE3), LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft (LXS), Heidelberg Materials (HEI), K+S Aktiengesellschaft (SDF), CropEnergies (CE2), Evonik Industries (EVK), and Fuchs (FPE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Wacker Chemie vs.

Wacker Chemie (ETR:WCH) and Covestro (ETR:1COV) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

17.1% of Wacker Chemie shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Covestro shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.6% of Wacker Chemie shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Covestro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Wacker Chemie pays an annual dividend of €12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Covestro pays an annual dividend of €3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Wacker Chemie pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Covestro pays out -76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Wacker Chemie's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Covestro'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wacker Chemie Neutral
Covestro Neutral

Wacker Chemie currently has a consensus price target of €164.44, indicating a potential upside of 21.90%. Covestro has a consensus price target of €45.55, indicating a potential downside of 11.35%. Given Wacker Chemie's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Wacker Chemie is more favorable than Covestro.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wacker Chemie
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Covestro
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Covestro received 173 more outperform votes than Wacker Chemie when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.06% of users gave Covestro an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Wacker Chemie an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wacker ChemieOutperform Votes
360
53.49%
Underperform Votes
313
46.51%
CovestroOutperform Votes
533
55.06%
Underperform Votes
435
44.94%

Wacker Chemie has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Covestro. Covestro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wacker Chemie, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wacker Chemie$7.46B1.19$739M$14.879.07
Covestro$16.04B0.60-$867M-$4.46-11.52

Wacker Chemie has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covestro has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wacker Chemie has a net margin of 9.91% compared to Covestro's net margin of -5.40%. Wacker Chemie's return on equity of 16.39% beat Covestro's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wacker Chemie9.91% 16.39% 5.16%
Covestro -5.40%-11.42%0.03%

Summary

Wacker Chemie beats Covestro on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WCH vs. The Competition

MetricWacker ChemieSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorETR Exchange
Market Cap$8.85B$6.29B$2.53B$9.60B
Dividend Yield8.77%3.88%4.29%4.32%
P/E Ratio9.07173.1298.6726.65
Price / Sales1.192,378.3284,484.701.89
Price / Cash3.4618.8523.9421.92
Price / Book1.512.042.852.66
Net Income$739M$166.80M$304.34M$703.72M
7 Day Performance-3.51%-3.88%-2.02%-2.00%
1 Month Performance3.53%-3.85%-0.12%-1.48%
1 Year Performance15.05%34.68%6.57%11.55%

Wacker Chemie Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
1COV
Covestro
0.625 of 5 stars
€51.14
-1.7%
€45.55
-10.9%
+72.3%$9.65B$16.04B-10.9017,591
BNR
Brenntag
0 of 5 stars
€76.64
+0.1%
N/A+16.0%$11.66B$18.62B15.6717,812News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SY1
Symrise
1.1042 of 5 stars
€89.06
-1.4%
€112.27
+26.1%
-9.2%$12.45B$4.77B52.3912,265News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FPE3
Fuchs
0 of 5 stars
€37.00
-0.3%
N/A+32.5%$2.50B$3.59B18.596,167High Trading Volume
LXS
LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft
0 of 5 stars
€26.50
+2.0%
N/A-22.2%$2.29B$7.83B-35.3313,136
HEI
Heidelberg Materials
0.9942 of 5 stars
€72.58
+1.8%
€65.24
-10.1%
+70.9%$13.51B$21.69B7.4151,492
SDF
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
0 of 5 stars
€17.62
+0.3%
€25.00
+41.9%
-17.0%$3.32B$4.97B3.2411,150
CE2
CropEnergies
0 of 5 stars
€8.15
-2.7%
N/A-38.0%$710.76M$1.41B4.97483High Trading Volume
EVK
Evonik Industries
0 of 5 stars
€17.75
-0.7%
€23.11
+30.2%
+0.0%$0.00N/A0.0033,357High Trading Volume
FPE
Fuchs
0 of 5 stars
€30.90
-0.2%
€40.71
+31.8%
+32.4%$0.00N/A0.006,167High Trading Volume

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This page (ETR:WCH) was last updated on 9/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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