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IOSP vs. FFBC, UBSI, AVNT, CBT, FNB, FUL, KMT, MTX, NPO, and SCL

Should you be buying Innospec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Innospec include First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), United Bankshares (UBSI), Avient (AVNT), Cabot (CBT), F.N.B. (FNB), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Kennametal (KMT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Enpro (NPO), and Stepan (SCL).

Innospec vs. Its Competitors

First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) and Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Innospec's net margin of 1.51%. Innospec's return on equity of 11.38% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Bancorp.19.41% 10.57% 1.42%
Innospec 1.51%11.38%8.00%

First Financial Bancorp. presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.42%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Innospec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Innospec
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Innospec shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Innospec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.45$228.83M$2.509.80
Innospec$1.85B1.09$35.60M$1.0874.76

First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 15 more articles in the media than Innospec. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 3 mentions for Innospec. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Innospec's score of 0.29 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial Bancorp.
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Innospec
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. and Innospec tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IOSP vs. The Competition

MetricInnospecCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.05B$11.52B$3.26B$9.53B
Dividend Yield2.05%3.49%5.16%4.04%
P/E Ratio74.7619.57125.2620.53
Price / Sales1.095.6830,017,513,221,202,100.0098.78
Price / Cash10.667.4023.8958.40
Price / Book1.661.625.865.74
Net Income$35.60M$507.45M$148.55M$259.12M
7 Day Performance-5.92%-7.24%-3.21%-3.41%
1 Month Performance-3.98%0.73%3.49%8.53%
1 Year Performance-38.48%-6.72%26.23%15.74%

Innospec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOSP
Innospec
2.9188 of 5 stars
$80.74
-1.6%
N/A-36.6%$2.05B$1.85B74.762,450Upcoming Earnings
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4323 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-8.6%$2.38B$1.62B9.352,090Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.8553 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.4%
$40.63
+9.4%
-6.1%$5.30B$1.63B13.872,553Positive News
Earnings Report
AVNT
Avient
4.1555 of 5 stars
$32.98
+1.5%
$46.80
+41.9%
-26.5%$2.97B$3.24B30.829,200Upcoming Earnings
CBT
Cabot
4.2375 of 5 stars
$75.05
+0.2%
$92.67
+23.5%
-24.5%$4.02B$3.99B9.714,200Upcoming Earnings
FNB
F.N.B.
4.5135 of 5 stars
$15.99
-0.5%
$18.57
+16.2%
+1.6%$5.78B$2.57B11.484,280
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.4097 of 5 stars
$59.76
-0.6%
$67.25
+12.5%
-31.4%$3.24B$3.57B15.957,500Positive News
KMT
Kennametal
2.3902 of 5 stars
$24.53
-0.2%
$25.40
+3.6%
-1.2%$1.87B$2.05B17.648,447Upcoming Earnings
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.7755 of 5 stars
$59.02
+3.5%
$80.00
+35.5%
-23.8%$1.81B$2.12B9.833,891Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NPO
Enpro
3.5197 of 5 stars
$202.50
-1.0%
$202.50
+0.0%
+25.8%$4.30B$1.05B28.053,500Upcoming Earnings
SCL
Stepan
4.0499 of 5 stars
$56.44
+0.3%
N/A-38.0%$1.27B$2.18B23.452,396Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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