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ARQ vs. ECVT, ASPI, WLKP, TROX, OEC, ASIX, VHI, LXFR, ADUR, and AMTX

Should you be buying ARQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARQ include Ecovyst (ECVT), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Tronox (TROX), Orion (OEC), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), and Aemetis (AMTX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

ARQ vs. Its Competitors

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, Ecovyst had 16 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ecovyst and 2 mentions for ARQ. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Ecovyst's score of 0.84 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ecovyst
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ARQ
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ARQ has a net margin of -1.40% compared to Ecovyst's net margin of -1.91%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.69% beat ARQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ecovyst-1.91% 7.69% 3.00%
ARQ -1.40%-0.07%-0.05%

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARQ has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ecovyst currently has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.99%. ARQ has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.47%. Given ARQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ARQ is more favorable than Ecovyst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ecovyst
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ARQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of ARQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of ARQ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ecovyst$704.50M1.50-$6.65M-$0.12-77.17
ARQ$108.96M2.81-$5.11M-$0.04-179.25

Summary

ARQ beats Ecovyst on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ARQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ARQ vs. The Competition

MetricARQWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$306.09M$10.99B$26.38B$10.15B
Dividend YieldN/A1.20%2.77%4.60%
P/E Ratio-179.2538.7527.1825.92
Price / Sales2.8115.24754.6385.33
Price / Cash71.7016.6827.0359.91
Price / Book1.394.007.776.29
Net Income-$5.11M$245.70M$199.14M$270.77M
7 Day Performance1.27%8.98%9.73%3.36%
1 Month Performance-0.42%16.70%20.13%6.41%
1 Year Performance23.62%0.11%68.51%28.24%

ARQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARQ
ARQ
3.4863 of 5 stars
$7.17
+1.6%
$10.00
+39.5%
+22.1%$306.09M$108.96M-179.25140
ECVT
Ecovyst
4.081 of 5 stars
$8.96
-1.5%
$10.00
+11.7%
+45.4%$1.02B$704.50M-74.63880News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.1718 of 5 stars
$8.60
-7.4%
$7.75
-9.8%
+243.3%$778.02M$4.14M-13.8876News Coverage
Insider Trade
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
4.103 of 5 stars
$22.07
-0.1%
N/A-1.1%$777.89M$1.14B14.81150
TROX
Tronox
4.1163 of 5 stars
$4.08
-4.8%
$5.01
+23.0%
-57.4%$642.80M$3.07B-2.576,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
OEC
Orion
4.1015 of 5 stars
$10.28
-2.6%
$12.00
+16.8%
-36.1%$576.60M$1.88B38.031,658News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.8481 of 5 stars
$20.84
-2.9%
$33.50
+60.8%
-19.7%$559.21M$1.52B7.341,450Positive News
VHI
Valhi
0.9588 of 5 stars
$15.92
-2.4%
$12.00
-24.6%
-38.2%$450.54M$2.10B4.642,524News Coverage
LXFR
Luxfer
3.5045 of 5 stars
$13.21
-1.6%
N/A+24.9%$353.50M$391.90M14.681,450Positive News
ADUR
Aduro Clean Technologies
2.7038 of 5 stars
$11.24
-2.3%
$48.00
+327.0%
N/A$344.28M$170K-35.13N/AGap Up
AMTX
Aemetis
1.9809 of 5 stars
$2.52
-1.0%
$17.00
+575.9%
-11.1%$159.05M$267.64M-1.55160

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This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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