Wacker Chemie (WCH) Competitors

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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WCH or 1COV?

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.

Is WCH or 1COV a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media favor WCH or 1COV?

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

Do analysts prefer WCH or 1COV?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WCH or 1COV?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wacker Chemie	Outperform Votes 360 53.49%	Underperform Votes 313 46.51%
Covestro	Outperform Votes 533 55.06%	Underperform Votes 435 44.94%

Which has better earnings & valuation, WCH or 1COV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wacker Chemie	$7.46B	1.19	$739M	$14.87	9.07
Covestro	$16.04B	0.60	-$867M	-$4.46	-11.52

Which has more risk and volatility, WCH or 1COV?

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.

Is WCH or 1COV more profitable?

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 Chemie	9.91%	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.