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Innospec (IOSP) Competitors

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IOSP vs. ALB, NEU, CE, BCPC, SXT, FUL, ASH, KWR, MTX, and SCL

Should you be buying Innospec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Innospec include Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Innospec vs.

Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Innospec shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Albemarle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Albemarle has a consensus target price of $91.62, indicating a potential upside of 62.14%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albemarle 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
Albemarle
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Innospec has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Albemarle. Albemarle 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$1.79B1.20$139.10M$1.0879.59
Albemarle$5.09B1.31-$1.18B-$11.12-5.08

In the previous week, Innospec had 4 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Innospec and 6 mentions for Albemarle. Innospec's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Albemarle's score of 0.26 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Albemarle
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Albemarle received 440 more outperform votes than Innospec when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.95% of users gave Innospec an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InnospecOutperform Votes
339
65.95%
Underperform Votes
175
34.05%
AlbemarleOutperform Votes
779
61.78%
Underperform Votes
482
38.22%

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. Albemarle pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Innospec has a net margin of 1.93% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. Innospec's return on equity of 12.27% beat Albemarle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Innospec1.93% 12.27% 8.54%
Albemarle -21.93%-1.72%-0.84%

Innospec has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Innospec beats Albemarle on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IOSP vs. The Competition

MetricInnospecChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.20B$4.82B$3.09B$8.39B
Dividend Yield1.77%3.50%5.21%4.10%
P/E Ratio60.5419.6071.9119.71
Price / Sales1.2065.8525,591,212,775,234,100.00117.39
Price / Cash13.419.7924.3434.62
Price / Book1.765.025.194.50
Net Income$139.10M$190.83M$156.48M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-2.62%-0.13%1.32%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.80%8.47%4.39%12.37%
1 Year Performance-33.94%-11.49%16.54%7.04%

Innospec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOSP
Innospec
3.9178 of 5 stars
$85.69
-0.3%
N/A-34.0%$2.14B$1.79B60.342,100Positive News
ALB
Albemarle
4.0309 of 5 stars
$61.56
+6.3%
$92.43
+50.1%
-55.4%$7.24B$5.09B-5.507,400Options Volume
NEU
NewMarket
3.0566 of 5 stars
$637.18
+0.4%
N/A+18.1%$6.01B$2.79B13.222,060Positive News
CE
Celanese
3.3225 of 5 stars
$54.74
+6.9%
$61.89
+13.1%
-66.3%$5.99B$10.06B-3.9313,300Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
BCPC
Balchem
3.7165 of 5 stars
$165.55
+0.6%
$180.00
+8.7%
+8.2%$5.40B$964.54M42.121,340News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SXT
Sensient Technologies
2.985 of 5 stars
$94.81
-0.9%
$93.00
-1.9%
+24.1%$4.03B$1.56B32.254,090Positive News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.093 of 5 stars
$57.02
+4.6%
$62.50
+9.6%
-33.3%$3.09B$3.55B24.687,000News Coverage
ASH
Ashland
4.3706 of 5 stars
$52.75
+5.3%
$68.60
+30.1%
-50.2%$2.41B$1.95B-79.923,900
KWR
Quaker Chemical
4.1789 of 5 stars
$109.91
+6.3%
$163.67
+48.9%
-46.5%$1.94B$1.81B16.124,600Positive News
MTX
Minerals Technologies
4.4866 of 5 stars
$58.26
+4.0%
$80.00
+37.3%
-29.9%$1.85B$2.08B11.254,070Positive News
SCL
Stepan
4.295 of 5 stars
$56.04
+4.0%
N/A-39.2%$1.27B$2.22B25.362,450Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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