CBT vs. ESI, OEC, FUL, ASH, CC, BCPC, HUN, AMR, VVV, and HMY
Should you be buying Cabot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cabot include Element Solutions (ESI), Orion (OEC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Chemours (CC), Balchem (BCPC), Huntsman (HUN), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Valvoline (VVV), and Harmony Gold Mining (HMY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) 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 earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Cabot received 346 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.95% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 37.23% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Cabot's net margin of 2.30%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 24.65% beat Cabot's return on equity.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Element Solutions pays out 145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cabot pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
91.1% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cabot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cabot had 1 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 5 mentions for Element Solutions. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.65 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $21.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.00%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $83.60, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cabot is more favorable than Element Solutions.
Summary
Cabot beats Element Solutions on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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