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Innospec (IOSP) Competitors

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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

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

In the previous week, Innospec had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Innospec and 6 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. Innospec's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.88 indicating that Innospec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Innospec's net margin of 1.08%. Innospec's return on equity of 10.89% beat First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Innospec1.08% 10.89% 7.70%
First Financial Bancorp. 19.41%10.57%1.42%

First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.25%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Innospec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Innospec
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
First Financial Bancorp.
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

First Financial Bancorp. has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Innospec$1.85B1.09$35.60M$0.78103.60
First Financial Bancorp.$1.62B1.50$228.83M$2.5010.12

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Innospec pays out 215.4% 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. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Financial Bancorp. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Innospec has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Summary

Innospec beats First Financial Bancorp. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IOSP vs. The Competition

MetricInnospecCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.01B$11.68B$3.61B$10.27B
Dividend Yield2.03%3.07%5.05%4.60%
P/E Ratio103.6026.97157.9726.39
Price / Sales1.095.9216,904.44166.99
Price / Cash10.757.5524.1829.90
Price / Book1.661.676.606.30
Net Income$35.60M$508.39M$149.17M$270.30M
7 Day Performance-3.28%-0.03%1.76%1.98%
1 Month Performance-2.57%4.38%9.99%6.16%
1 Year Performance-26.48%0.30%44.33%27.93%

Innospec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOSP
Innospec
4.0803 of 5 stars
$80.81
+0.2%
N/A-26.0%$2.01B$1.85B103.602,450Positive News
Short Interest ↓
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6183 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+1.5%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5945 of 5 stars
$38.21
-0.2%
$40.50
+6.0%
+0.1%$5.42B$1.63B13.502,553Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.453 of 5 stars
$37.80
+0.2%
$45.60
+20.7%
-24.0%$3.45B$3.24B29.539,200News Coverage
Positive News
CBT
Cabot
4.2374 of 5 stars
$80.96
-0.1%
$92.33
+14.1%
-24.7%$4.31B$3.99B10.584,200Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6424 of 5 stars
$16.49
+0.0%
$18.64
+13.1%
+15.9%$5.92B$2.57B12.884,280
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.4275 of 5 stars
$62.71
+0.5%
$67.25
+7.2%
-23.5%$3.37B$3.57B33.907,500News Coverage
KMT
Kennametal
3.5427 of 5 stars
$21.39
-2.6%
$24.00
+12.2%
-16.7%$1.67B$1.97B17.828,124
MTX
Minerals Technologies
4.0518 of 5 stars
$64.07
-0.1%
$84.00
+31.1%
-13.3%$2.01B$2.12B1,067.933,891Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
NPO
Enpro
4.4367 of 5 stars
$220.94
+0.7%
$240.00
+8.6%
+45.4%$4.62B$1.08B55.243,500Positive News
SCL
Stepan
4.3531 of 5 stars
$49.95
-0.4%
N/A-34.1%$1.13B$2.26B19.672,396Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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