Celanese (CE) Competitors

AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is ASIX or CE a better dividend stock?

AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. AdvanSix pays out 22.5% 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. AdvanSix has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. AdvanSix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASIX or CE?

86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of AdvanSix 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ASIX or CE more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.10% compared to Celanese's net margin of -16.30%. Celanese's return on equity of 10.48% beat AdvanSix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AdvanSix	5.10%	10.02%	4.97%
Celanese	-16.30%	10.48%	2.70%

Do analysts prefer ASIX or CE?

AdvanSix currently has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.03%. Celanese has a consensus target price of $59.39, indicating a potential upside of 29.64%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Celanese.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Celanese	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ASIX or CE?

AdvanSix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Celanese. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, 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
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.37	$44.15M	$2.84	7.37
Celanese	$10.28B	0.49	-$1.52B	-$14.82	-3.09

Which has more volatility & risk, ASIX or CE?

AdvanSix has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ASIX or CE?

In the previous week, Celanese had 1 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Celanese and 8 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Celanese's score of 1.10 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AdvanSix	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Celanese	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AdvanSix beats Celanese on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.