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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Innospec shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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.$1.62B1.53$228.83M$2.4110.74
Innospec$1.85B1.19$35.60M$1.0881.54

First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 39.8% 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. presently has a consensus target price of $28.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s higher possible upside, equities 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

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 18.65% 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.18.65% 10.44% 1.38%
Innospec 1.51%11.38%8.00%

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

In the previous week, Innospec had 3 more articles in the media than First Financial Bancorp.. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Innospec and 3 mentions for First Financial Bancorp.. Innospec's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.30 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.
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Innospec
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$2.20B$11.79B$3.27B$9.02B
Dividend Yield1.89%3.40%5.15%3.99%
P/E Ratio81.4422.2492.1620.25
Price / Sales1.194.4727,226,089,426,215,300.00119.26
Price / Cash11.537.5623.9228.59
Price / Book1.811.615.885.65
Net Income$35.60M$507.43M$147.76M$249.15M
7 Day Performance4.72%4.13%2.20%2.91%
1 Month Performance2.24%4.27%4.66%4.11%
1 Year Performance-27.16%-3.79%25.01%20.98%

Innospec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOSP
Innospec
4.168 of 5 stars
$88.06
-0.1%
N/A-26.6%$2.20B$1.85B81.442,450
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5203 of 5 stars
$24.26
-0.4%
$28.75
+18.5%
+19.1%$2.33B$1.62B10.072,090
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.1796 of 5 stars
$36.43
flat
$40.63
+11.5%
+21.7%$5.18B$1.63B13.542,553Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5743 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-18.0%$3.01B$3.24B12.359,200Positive News
CBT
Cabot
4.7689 of 5 stars
$75.04
-1.8%
$92.67
+23.5%
-11.3%$4.11B$3.99B9.714,200
FNB
F.N.B.
4.1942 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+16.2%$5.24B$2.57B11.584,280Analyst Downgrade
FUL
H. B. Fuller
3.8317 of 5 stars
$60.19
-2.5%
$67.25
+11.7%
-17.7%$3.33B$3.57B32.547,500Positive News
KMT
Kennametal
1.2506 of 5 stars
$22.98
0.0%
$25.40
+10.5%
+7.2%$1.75B$2.05B16.538,447
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.8008 of 5 stars
$55.14
-0.7%
$80.00
+45.1%
-27.4%$1.76B$2.12B-71.613,891
NPO
Enpro
3.4711 of 5 stars
$191.63
+0.2%
$202.50
+5.7%
+41.8%$4.02B$1.05B47.673,500
SCL
Stepan
4.011 of 5 stars
$54.60
-1.5%
N/A-28.1%$1.25B$2.18B22.202,396

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This page (NASDAQ:IOSP) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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