APD vs. VNTR, VALE, NUE, NEM, DOW, ECL, MLM, VNTRQ, VMC, and LYB
Should you be buying Air Products and Chemicals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Products and Chemicals include Venator Materials (VNTR), Vale (VALE), Nucor (NUE), Newmont (NEM), DOW (DOW), Ecolab (ECL), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Vulcan Materials (VMC), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) and Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
29.0% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Air Products and Chemicals shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Air Products and Chemicals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Air Products and Chemicals has a net margin of 18.82% compared to Air Products and Chemicals' net margin of -8.65%. Venator Materials' return on equity of 16.84% beat Air Products and Chemicals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Air Products and Chemicals had 26 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Air Products and Chemicals and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Air Products and Chemicals' score of 0.00 indicating that Air Products and Chemicals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Products and Chemicals received 186 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave Air Products and Chemicals an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Venator Materials an outperform vote.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Products and Chemicals has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Products and Chemicals has a consensus target price of $276.36, indicating a potential upside of 18.25%. Given Venator Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Air Products and Chemicals is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Air Products and Chemicals has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Products and Chemicals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Air Products and Chemicals beats Venator Materials on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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