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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Ecovyst beats ARQ on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff