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NYSE:CC

Chemours - CC Competitors

$29.63
-0.15 (-0.50%)
(As of 03/30/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$29.53
$30.36
50-Day Range
$28.38
$36.73
52-Week Range
$23.58
$44.95
Volume
613,946 shs
Average Volume
1.35 million shs
Market Capitalization
$4.41 billion
P/E Ratio
8.30
Dividend Yield
3.37%
Price Target
$36.33

CC vs. BCPC, HUN, LTHM, ASH, UNVR, NGVT, IOSP, OLN, PRM, and FMC

Should you be buying Chemours stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chemours include Balchem (BCPC), Huntsman (HUN), Livent (LTHM), Ashland (ASH), Univar Solutions (UNVR), Ingevity (NGVT), Innospec (IOSP), Olin (OLN), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and FMC (FMC). These companies are all part of the "chemicals & allied products" industry.

Chemours vs.

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and Balchem (NASDAQ:BCPC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Balchem had 2 more articles in the media than Chemours. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Balchem and 4 mentions for Chemours. Balchem's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Chemours' score of 0.26 indicating that Balchem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chemours
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Balchem
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

71.9% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Balchem shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Chemours shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Balchem shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Chemours received 240 more outperform votes than Balchem when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.25% of users gave Balchem an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChemoursOutperform Votes
622
62.39%
Underperform Votes
375
37.61%
BalchemOutperform Votes
382
67.25%
Underperform Votes
186
32.75%

Chemours has higher revenue and earnings than Balchem. Chemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Balchem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chemours$6.79 billion0.65$578 million$3.578.30
Balchem$942.36 million4.26$105.37 million$3.2538.43

Chemours currently has a consensus target price of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.62%. Balchem has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given Chemours' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Balchem.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chemours
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Balchem
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Chemours has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balchem has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Balchem has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Chemours' net margin of 8.51%. Chemours' return on equity of 61.75% beat Balchem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chemours 8.51% 61.75% 9.62%
Balchem 11.18% 11.68% 6.96%

Chemours pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Balchem pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Chemours pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balchem pays out 21.8% 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.

Summary

Chemours beats Balchem on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CC vs. The Competition

MetricChemoursChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$6.46B$2.66B$14.27B
Dividend Yield3.41%2.07%4.77%3.87%
P/E Ratio8.3010.4781.5919.20
Price / Sales0.659.8777,765.4810.71
Price / Cash4.268.3825.3724.37
Price / Book4.042.333.016.80
Net Income$578M$363.76M$388.64M$866.28M
7 Day Performance2.88%6.54%1.76%2.91%
1 Month Performance-13.31%-2.73%1.74%-4.83%
1 Year Performance-5.88%-13.81%-8.95%-12.88%

Chemours Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCPC
Balchem
2.7305 of 5 stars
$125.16
+0.3%
$140.00
+11.9%
-9.3%$4.03B$942.36M38.511,340Short Interest ↑
HUN
Huntsman
2.571 of 5 stars
$26.87
flat
$31.67
+17.9%
-29.7%$4.94B$8.02B12.447,000Short Interest ↑
LTHM
Livent
2.8894 of 5 stars
$21.58
+0.4%
$30.21
+40.0%
-16.8%$3.86B$813.20M15.991,350
ASH
Ashland
2.885 of 5 stars
$100.97
+0.7%
$128.13
+26.9%
+2.9%$5.48B$2.39B6.273,900Short Interest ↓
UNVR
Univar Solutions
1.879 of 5 stars
$34.93
-0.1%
$36.00
+3.1%
+8.1%$5.50B$11.48B10.789,746
NGVT
Ingevity
2.7265 of 5 stars
$69.89
+1.7%
$88.00
+25.9%
+7.4%$2.60B$1.67B12.752,050
IOSP
Innospec
0 of 5 stars
$101.75
-0.4%
N/A+8.6%$2.52B$1.96B19.132,100Positive News
OLN
Olin
2.6904 of 5 stars
$54.44
+2.0%
$64.00
+17.6%
+2.9%$7.12B$9.38B6.157,780
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.5305 of 5 stars
$7.84
+0.9%
$14.50
+84.9%
-34.6%$1.23B$360.51M23.76226
FMC
FMC
2.7044 of 5 stars
$120.97
+1.4%
$144.08
+19.1%
-8.8%$15.14B$5.80B20.796,600
This page (NYSE:CC) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff