ALB vs. IFF, RPM, NEU, BCPC, CE, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR
Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Celanese (CE), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Albemarle vs.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held 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.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 13 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 10 mentions for Albemarle. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Albemarle's score of 0.45 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Albemarle pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out 170.2% 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 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.
Albemarle presently has a consensus target price of $94.57, suggesting a potential upside of 61.15%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus target price of $94.54, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Albemarle's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Albemarle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Flavors & Fragrances, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity of 7.72% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Albemarle received 274 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.99% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats Albemarle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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