Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT) Competitors

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ:CLMT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer VVV or CLMT?

In the previous week, Calumet Specialty Products Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Calumet Specialty Products Partners and 3 mentions for Valvoline. Calumet Specialty Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Valvoline's score of 0.46 indicating that Calumet Specialty Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valvoline	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VVV or CLMT a better dividend stock?

Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Calumet Specialty Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.3%. Valvoline pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calumet Specialty Products Partners pays out -68.5% 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 Specialty Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate VVV or CLMT?

Valvoline presently has a consensus price target of $42.54, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.37%. Given Calumet Specialty Products Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calumet Specialty Products Partners is more favorable than Valvoline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is VVV or CLMT more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Calumet Specialty Products Partners' net margin of -5.42%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	-5.42%	N/A	-8.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VVV or CLMT?

Calumet Specialty Products Partners received 6 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.20% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote while only 49.61% of users gave Calumet Specialty Products Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 316 58.20%	Underperform Votes 227 41.80%
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	Outperform Votes 322 49.61%	Underperform Votes 327 50.39%

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

96.1% of Valvoline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, VVV or CLMT?

Valvoline has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VVV or CLMT?

Valvoline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Calumet Specialty Products Partners 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
Valvoline	$1.67B	2.74	$211.50M	$2.06	17.53
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	$4.18B	0.29	$48.10M	-$4.00	-3.55

Summary

Valvoline beats Calumet Specialty Products Partners on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.