CE vs. SUZ, GFI, CCJ, IP, EMN, AU, CLF, ICL, CF, and GGB
Should you be buying Celanese stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celanese include Suzano (SUZ), Gold Fields (GFI), Cameco (CCJ), International Paper (IP), Eastman Chemical (EMN), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), ICL Group (ICL), CF Industries (CF), and Gerdau (GGB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Celanese vs.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Celanese had 3 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Celanese and 5 mentions for Suzano. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Suzano's score of 0.13 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.5% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Suzano shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Celanese has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzano has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Suzano pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Celanese pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suzano pays out 37.8% 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.
Celanese currently has a consensus price target of $127.38, indicating a potential upside of 20.26%. Suzano has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.74%. Given Suzano's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Suzano is more favorable than Celanese.
Suzano has higher revenue and earnings than Celanese. Suzano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celanese, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese received 630 more outperform votes than Suzano when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote.
Suzano has a net margin of 46.24% compared to Celanese's net margin of 19.58%. Suzano's return on equity of 82.87% beat Celanese's return on equity.
Summary
Celanese beats Suzano on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Celanese Competitors List
