CE vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, BCPC, NEU, ASH, FUL, SXT, 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), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Celanese pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -16.4% 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.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 8 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 11 mentions for Celanese. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Celanese's score of 0.70 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celanese has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Celanese has a net margin of 18.60% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -22.01%. Celanese's return on equity of 14.00% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
Celanese has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Celanese currently has a consensus price target of $162.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus price target of $98.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.51%. Given Celanese's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Celanese is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Celanese received 196 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Summary
Celanese beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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