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

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

Innospec vs. Its Competitors

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

First Financial Bancorp. presently has a consensus price target of $29.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.57%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Innospec
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.$1.62B1.54$228.83M$2.5010.40
Innospec$1.79B1.09$35.60M$0.78101.04

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 6 more articles in the media than Innospec. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 3 mentions for Innospec. Innospec's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.73 indicating that Innospec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Innospec has increased 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 beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
First Financial Bancorp.19.41% 10.57% 1.42%
Innospec 1.08%10.89%7.70%

Summary

Innospec beats First Financial Bancorp. on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IOSP vs. The Competition

MetricInnospecCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.96B$11.73B$3.77B$10.62B
Dividend Yield2.14%3.22%5.05%4.70%
P/E Ratio101.0426.71158.5227.12
Price / Sales1.095.4623,169.21205.91
Price / Cash10.247.5924.3631.12
Price / Book1.621.667.086.66
Net Income$35.60M$508.39M$149.07M$275.95M
7 Day Performance2.27%1.41%3.01%3.32%
1 Month Performance-8.06%-1.23%12.61%10.77%
1 Year Performance-29.81%-6.27%55.76%33.55%

Innospec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOSP
Innospec
3.3713 of 5 stars
$78.81
+0.0%
N/A-29.8%$1.96B$1.79B101.042,450Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.7254 of 5 stars
$25.47
-1.4%
$29.40
+15.4%
+7.3%$2.47B$1.62B10.192,090Analyst Forecast
IBOC
International Bancshares
2.5319 of 5 stars
$68.95
-1.7%
N/A+17.2%$4.36B$826.42M10.422,336
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.714 of 5 stars
$37.24
-0.3%
$40.50
+8.8%
+2.9%$5.29B$1.63B13.162,553Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5715 of 5 stars
$32.55
-0.9%
$46.00
+41.3%
-33.3%$3.01B$3.24B25.439,200
CBT
Cabot
4.4327 of 5 stars
$76.15
-1.4%
$92.33
+21.3%
-32.0%$4.11B$3.99B9.954,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.714 of 5 stars
$16.06
-1.1%
$18.64
+16.1%
+17.4%$5.83B$2.57B12.544,280
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.6881 of 5 stars
$58.46
+0.6%
$65.75
+12.5%
-23.7%$3.14B$3.57B31.607,500Dividend Announcement
KMT
Kennametal
3.133 of 5 stars
$20.83
-0.8%
$24.00
+15.2%
-13.7%$1.60B$1.97B17.358,124
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.2018 of 5 stars
$61.41
-1.3%
$84.00
+36.8%
-17.3%$1.95B$2.12B1,023.603,891Positive News
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SCL
Stepan
4.0282 of 5 stars
$47.30
+0.1%
N/A-36.3%$1.07B$2.18B18.622,396News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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