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