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BCPC vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, NEU, CE, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR

Should you be buying Balchem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balchem include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Celanese (CE), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Balchem vs.

International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Balchem shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Balchem 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.

Balchem has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balchem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
International Flavors & Fragrances$11.43B1.68-$2.57B-$3.27-22.99
Balchem$964.54M5.62$128.48M$4.1739.84

International Flavors & Fragrances currently has a consensus target price of $92.54, indicating a potential upside of 23.10%. Balchem has a consensus target price of $180.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Balchem.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
International Flavors & Fragrances
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Balchem
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balchem has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 21 more articles in the media than Balchem. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 9 mentions for Balchem. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Balchem's score of 1.06 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
International Flavors & Fragrances
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Balchem
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Balchem has a net margin of 13.47% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of 2.12%. Balchem's return on equity of 11.37% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
International Flavors & Fragrances2.12% 7.72% 3.72%
Balchem 13.47%11.37%8.11%

International Flavors & Fragrances received 117 more outperform votes than Balchem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.50% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
International Flavors & FragrancesOutperform Votes
508
60.62%
Underperform Votes
330
39.38%
BalchemOutperform Votes
391
66.50%
Underperform Votes
197
33.50%

International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Balchem pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balchem pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Balchem has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

International Flavors & Fragrances beats Balchem on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCPC vs. The Competition

MetricBalchemChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.42B$4.85B$3.12B$8.46B
Dividend Yield0.52%3.16%5.06%4.18%
P/E Ratio42.2720.9175.5719.78
Price / Sales5.6273.8725,633,028,482,388,700.00138.44
Price / Cash30.179.7924.2434.64
Price / Book4.705.065.294.54
Net Income$128.48M$190.83M$154.86M$247.85M
7 Day Performance-1.29%2.73%1.59%1.68%
1 Month Performance6.43%8.71%4.73%8.76%
1 Year Performance9.27%-7.78%17.61%9.69%

Balchem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCPC
Balchem
3.9909 of 5 stars
$166.13
-1.7%
$180.00
+8.3%
+10.5%$5.42B$964.54M42.271,340Positive News
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.3936 of 5 stars
$77.28
-0.6%
$92.54
+19.7%
-19.7%$19.77B$11.43B82.2124,600Positive News
RPM
RPM International
3.4685 of 5 stars
$116.14
+0.1%
$122.10
+5.1%
+2.1%$14.92B$7.30B22.9516,800Positive News
ALB
Albemarle
3.7985 of 5 stars
$59.29
-1.5%
$91.62
+54.5%
-54.0%$6.98B$5.09B-5.297,400Gap Down
NEU
NewMarket
2.7149 of 5 stars
$650.45
+0.0%
N/A+19.0%$6.14B$2.79B13.492,060Positive News
CE
Celanese
3.6694 of 5 stars
$52.43
-2.0%
$61.44
+17.2%
-63.9%$5.73B$10.06B-3.7613,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.2574 of 5 stars
$94.54
+0.3%
$93.00
-1.6%
+26.2%$4.01B$1.56B32.164,090Positive News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.2011 of 5 stars
$56.65
-0.6%
$62.50
+10.3%
-29.4%$3.07B$3.55B24.527,000News Coverage
ASH
Ashland
4.3686 of 5 stars
$52.35
-0.8%
$68.60
+31.0%
-49.1%$2.39B$1.95B-79.323,900
IOSP
Innospec
4.1641 of 5 stars
$89.12
+0.1%
N/A-32.2%$2.22B$1.79B62.762,100Positive News
Short Interest ↓
KWR
Quaker Chemical
4.345 of 5 stars
$105.75
-1.0%
$163.67
+54.8%
-39.3%$1.87B$1.81B15.514,600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BCPC) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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