CSWI vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, BAK, and UAN
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Braskem (BAK), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
CSW Industrials vs.
ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
ICL Group received 4 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.22% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.
13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ICL Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.66%. CSW Industrials has a consensus target price of $342.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.61%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than ICL Group.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. ICL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% 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.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.53% compared to ICL Group's net margin of 5.83%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 15.72% beat ICL Group's return on equity.
ICL Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 14 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CSW Industrials and 2 mentions for ICL Group. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ICL Group's score of 0.55 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CSW Industrials beats ICL Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSWI) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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