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Cabot (CBT) Competitors

$78.43
+0.65 (+0.84%)
(As of 11:27 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$77.10
$78.67
50-Day Range
$65.63
$78.52
52-Week Range
$63.73
$83.74
Volume
64,748 shs
Average Volume
294,975 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.34 billion
P/E Ratio
10.12
Dividend Yield
2.04%
Price Target
$83.60

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.

Cabot vs.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Element SolutionsOutperform Votes
35
37.23%
Underperform Votes
59
62.77%
CabotOutperform Votes
381
61.95%
Underperform Votes
234
38.05%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Element Solutions2.30% 13.15% 6.15%
Cabot 11.32%24.65%8.89%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Element Solutions$2.55B2.00$187.20M$0.2296.00
Cabot$3.93B1.10$445M$7.7510.12

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Element Solutions
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cabot
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Element Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Cabot
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Cabot beats Element Solutions on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CBT vs. The Competition

MetricCabotchemical products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.34B$1.14B$2.40B$15.81B
Dividend Yield2.08%1.32%5.49%3.67%
P/E Ratio10.1217.6885.9326.71
Price / Sales1.10254.36790,580.905.99
Price / Cash9.637.1523.2617.62
Price / Book3.124.573.016.57
Net Income$445M$67.30M$289.03M$897.50M
7 Day Performance0.83%-0.49%-0.66%2.29%
1 Month Performance5.42%7.51%4.25%13.67%
1 Year Performance10.02%-0.93%-1.58%7.69%

Cabot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Element Solutions
2.1446 of 5 stars
$20.46
-2.4%
$21.40
+4.6%
+10.6%$4.94B$2.55B93.005,300Positive News
OEC
Orion
2.188 of 5 stars
$24.52
-0.4%
$26.50
+8.1%
+39.0%$1.42B$2.03B13.251,600Negative News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
2.4171 of 5 stars
$77.73
-0.4%
$80.60
+3.7%
+2.4%$4.20B$3.57B29.227,000News Coverage
Positive News
ASH
Ashland
2.5878 of 5 stars
$81.71
-0.7%
$93.14
+14.0%
-24.0%$4.19B$2.19B24.993,800
CC
Chemours
2.6514 of 5 stars
$28.73
-2.9%
$33.10
+15.2%
-2.2%$4.26B$6.79B-13.886,600Positive News
BCPC
Balchem
2.3363 of 5 stars
$128.02
+1.2%
$135.00
+5.5%
+1.2%$4.13B$942.36M40.131,340Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
HUN
Huntsman
2.0332 of 5 stars
$24.92
-1.2%
$26.27
+5.4%
-11.2%$4.34B$8.02B54.177,000Analyst Report
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1.358 of 5 stars
$297.17
+0.9%
$219.33
-26.2%
+94.6%$4.51B$4.10B6.043,730News Coverage
VVV
Valvoline
2.177 of 5 stars
$34.76
-2.4%
$39.43
+13.4%
+9.6%$4.54B$1.44B4.2010,900News Coverage
HMY
Harmony Gold Mining
2.2017 of 5 stars
$5.98
-1.8%
$3.40
-43.1%
+71.6%$3.70B$2.78B0.0034,913

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