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BAK vs. CSW, AVNT, PRM, MEOH, PCT, CC, NGVT, UAN, ECVT, and ASPI

Should you be buying Braskem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braskem include CSW Industrials (CSW), Avient (AVNT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Braskem vs. Its Competitors

CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) and Braskem (NYSE:BAK) are both chemicals companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

CSW Industrials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Braskem. Braskem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSW Industrials$878.30M5.04$136.65M$8.3731.50
Braskem$77.73B0.02-$2.10B-$2.53-1.30

CSW Industrials currently has a consensus price target of $319.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.28%. Braskem has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 127.96%. Given Braskem's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Braskem is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CSW Industrials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Braskem
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Braskem pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.1%. CSW Industrials pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Braskem pays out -24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CSW Industrials has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Braskem is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Braskem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 3 more articles in the media than Braskem. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CSW Industrials and 8 mentions for Braskem. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Braskem's score of 0.59 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CSW Industrials
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Braskem
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.18% compared to Braskem's net margin of -7.36%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 13.78% beat Braskem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CSW Industrials15.18% 13.78% 10.43%
Braskem -7.36%N/A -0.30%

CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braskem has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CSW Industrials beats Braskem on 12 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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BAK vs. The Competition

MetricBraskemOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$76.39B$7.81B$21.33B
Dividend YieldN/A5.81%10.75%3.49%
P/E Ratio-1.3020.3967.1429.16
Price / Sales0.021.77547.5347.12
Price / Cash2.744.8835.4118.29
Price / Book-2.281.044.065.30
Net Income-$2.10B$5.31B$4.27B$998.51M
7 Day Performance-5.32%-1.49%1.94%-0.63%
1 Month Performance7.34%3.66%6.21%4.90%
1 Year Performance-50.23%-1.00%16.02%13.95%

Braskem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAK
Braskem
2.98 of 5 stars
$3.29
-1.2%
$7.50
+128.0%
-49.5%$1.33B$77.73B-1.308,382Analyst Upgrade
CSW
CSW Industrials
3.4922 of 5 stars
$266.28
-2.3%
$319.75
+20.1%
-16.4%$4.58B$878.30M31.812,600Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AVNT
Avient
4.5026 of 5 stars
$37.70
+0.5%
$45.60
+21.0%
-22.8%$3.43B$3.24B29.459,200News Coverage
Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.7911 of 5 stars
$21.19
+8.8%
$22.50
+6.2%
+88.4%$2.85B$560.97M49.28240News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MEOH
Methanex
4.7918 of 5 stars
$35.40
-1.8%
$44.88
+26.8%
-20.7%$2.79B$3.72B10.441,415News Coverage
Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
3.1103 of 5 stars
$12.72
-2.3%
$14.67
+15.3%
+129.0%$2.34BN/A-7.53120Positive News
CC
Chemours
2.9451 of 5 stars
$15.25
-0.8%
$17.38
+13.9%
-19.6%$2.30B$5.78B-5.456,000Positive News
NGVT
Ingevity
2.4931 of 5 stars
$56.77
-1.8%
$55.00
-3.1%
+51.9%$2.11B$1.41B-9.541,600News Coverage
Positive News
UAN
CVR Partners
2.1206 of 5 stars
$90.30
+0.3%
N/A+29.1%$1.54B$525.32M10.85300Positive News
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.765 of 5 stars
$9.09
-1.1%
$10.00
+10.1%
+29.3%$1.05B$704.50M-75.71880Positive News
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.153 of 5 stars
$9.95
+6.4%
$7.75
-22.1%
+248.5%$858.93M$4.14M-16.3176News Coverage
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