Arcadium Lithium (ALTM) Competitors

Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ALTM or FUL?

27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALTM or FUL?

H.B. Fuller received 312 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcadium Lithium	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
H.B. Fuller	Outperform Votes 313 56.29%	Underperform Votes 243 43.71%

Is ALTM or FUL more profitable?

H.B. Fuller has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 12.88% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadium Lithium	N/A	N/A	N/A
H.B. Fuller	4.39%	12.88%	4.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, ALTM or FUL?

Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ALTM or FUL?

In the previous week, H.B. Fuller had 4 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for H.B. Fuller and 0 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arcadium Lithium	Neutral
H.B. Fuller	Neutral

Is ALTM or FUL a better dividend stock?

Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of 6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 151.1%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Arcadium Lithium pays out 379.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. H.B. Fuller pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer ALTM or FUL?

H.B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.07%. Given H.B. Fuller's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcadium Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
H.B. Fuller	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ALTM or FUL?

Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than H.B. Fuller. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H.B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcadium Lithium	$1.21B	3.53	$1.70B	$1.58	2.51
H.B. Fuller	$3.51B	1.14	$144.91M	$2.75	26.77

Summary

H.B. Fuller beats Arcadium Lithium on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.