Calumet (CLMT) Competitors

Calumet (NASDAQ:CLMT) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Is CLMT or VVV more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Calumet's net margin of -8.20%. Valvoline's return on equity of 106.36% beat Calumet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calumet	-8.20%	N/A	-8.77%
Valvoline	15.97%	106.36%	8.52%

Is CLMT or VVV a better dividend stock?

Calumet pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Calumet pays out -68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valvoline pays out 5.8% 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. Calumet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CLMT or VVV?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Calumet	$4.18B	0.35	-$222M	-$4.00	-4.18
Valvoline	$1.67B	2.72	$211.50M	$2.06	17.40

Which has more volatility and risk, CLMT or VVV?

Calumet has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CLMT or VVV?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 4 more articles in the media than Calumet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Valvoline and 2 mentions for Calumet. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Calumet's score of 0.61 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calumet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CLMT or VVV?

34.4% of Calumet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Calumet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CLMT or VVV?

Calumet presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.61%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $42.54, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Valvoline is more favorable than Calumet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calumet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Valvoline beats Calumet on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.