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ARQ vs. ECVT, WLKP, OEC, ASIX, VHI, ASPI, LXFR, SLI, ADUR, and TSE

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

ARQ vs.

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

In the previous week, Ecovyst had 2 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecovyst and 1 mentions for ARQ. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ARQ's score of 0.27 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARQ
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ecovyst
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to ARQ's net margin of -0.44%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.07% beat ARQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARQ-0.44% -0.25% -0.19%
Ecovyst 7.74%7.07%2.76%

ARQ has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ARQ presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.55%. Ecovyst has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.53%. Given ARQ's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ARQ is more favorable than Ecovyst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ecovyst
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Ecovyst received 17 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARQOutperform Votes
3
75.00%
Underperform Votes
1
25.00%
EcovystOutperform Votes
20
47.62%
Underperform Votes
22
52.38%

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ecovyst has higher revenue and earnings than ARQ. 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
ARQ$99.18M2.40-$12.25M-$0.01-567.00
Ecovyst$691.10M1.42$71.15M$0.4618.34

Summary

Ecovyst beats ARQ on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARQ vs. The Competition

MetricARQchemical products IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$238.31M$1.47B$8.23B$9.23B
Dividend YieldN/A1.35%2.19%3.99%
P/E Ratio-567.0018.3825.4514.85
Price / Sales2.40515.3080.4579.60
Price / CashN/A76.2132.4938.25
Price / Book1.065.525.615.01
Net Income-$12.25M$59.71M$172.35M$236.25M
7 Day Performance-4.38%0.61%1.04%2.13%
1 Month Performance-15.25%-1.55%1.26%1.63%
1 Year Performance60.17%61.61%20.82%16.41%

ARQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARQ
ARQ
2.7981 of 5 stars
$5.67
-4.1%
$9.50
+67.5%
+60.2%$238.31M$99.18M-567.00140News Coverage
Gap Down
ECVT
Ecovyst
4.0059 of 5 stars
$8.01
+2.0%
$10.25
+28.0%
-14.8%$932.66M$691.10M17.40880Gap Up
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.7578 of 5 stars
$23.70
-1.8%
N/A+7.3%$834.99M$1.14B13.54150
OEC
Orion
3.4641 of 5 stars
$14.01
+2.7%
$23.50
+67.8%
-36.5%$808.48M$1.91B26.431,650Positive News
ASIX
AdvanSix
4.5417 of 5 stars
$29.46
+0.5%
$39.50
+34.1%
+5.1%$787.49M$1.53B20.891,450Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
VHI
Valhi
1.6165 of 5 stars
$19.52
-1.6%
$20.00
+2.5%
+43.9%$552.42M$1.92B6.262,196
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.7035 of 5 stars
$6.30
+1.8%
$4.50
-28.6%
+73.6%$449.76M$430,000.00-10.3376
LXFR
Luxfer
3.4884 of 5 stars
$14.36
+2.2%
N/A+83.9%$384.59M$405M43.521,400Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
SLI
Standard Lithium
1.9199 of 5 stars
$1.49
-0.7%
$3.95
+165.1%
N/A$257.40MN/A2.53N/A
ADUR
Aduro Clean Technologies
N/A$5.76
-2.0%
N/AN/A$163.81MN/A0.00N/A
TSE
Trinseo
0.7127 of 5 stars
$4.41
-1.6%
N/A+24.5%$156.12M$3.53B-0.313,100Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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