Chemours (CC) Competitors

Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Chemours (NYSE:CC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ESI or CC?

Chemours received 571 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Element Solutions	Outperform Votes 68 47.89%	Underperform Votes 74 52.11%
Chemours	Outperform Votes 639 60.45%	Underperform Votes 418 39.55%

Is ESI or CC a better dividend stock?

Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Element Solutions pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemours pays out 175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to ESI or CC?

In the previous week, Chemours had 6 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Chemours and 4 mentions for Element Solutions. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Chemours' score of 1.01 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Chemours	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ESI or CC?

92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Chemours 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ESI or CC?

Element Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, 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
Element Solutions	$2.48B	2.13	$118.10M	$1.19	18.28
Chemours	$5.79B	0.31	-$238M	$0.20	59.38

Do analysts recommend ESI or CC?

Element Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $26.38, indicating a potential upside of 21.24%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 45.03%. Given Chemours' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Element Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Element Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is ESI or CC more profitable?

Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.51%. Chemours' return on equity of 26.54% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Element Solutions	9.94%	14.68%	7.08%
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, ESI or CC?

Element Solutions has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Element Solutions beats Chemours on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.