CE vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, NEU, BCPC, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR
Should you be buying Celanese stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celanese include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Celanese vs.
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 12 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 20 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat International Flavors & Fragrances' score of 1.22 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out -0.8% 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. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Celanese's net margin of -14.81%. Celanese's return on equity of 12.86% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
International Flavors & Fragrances currently has a consensus price target of $92.54, indicating a potential upside of 20.01%. Celanese has a consensus price target of $61.94, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Celanese.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese received 189 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Celanese has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celanese, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats Celanese on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
