Ecolab (ECL) Competitors

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ECL vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, FCX, VALE, APD, NUE, NEM, RIO, DOW, and SCCO

Should you be buying Ecolab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecolab include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Nucor (NUE), Newmont (NEM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), DOW (DOW), and Southern Copper (SCCO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Ecolab vs.

Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) and Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

: 0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ecolab shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
: In the previous week, Ecolab had 13 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ecolab and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ecolab's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Overall Sentiment
Venator Materials Neutral
Ecolab Positive
: Ecolab received 728 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
Company Underperform Outperform
Venator Materials N/A N/A
Ecolab Outperform Votes
728
64.94%
Underperform Votes
393
35.06%
: Ecolab has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecolab, 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
Venator Materials $2.17B 31.51 -$188M -$3.28 -195.12
Ecolab $15.32B 4.09 $1.37B $4.79 45.77
: Ecolab has a consensus target price of $230.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Given Venator Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Venator Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)

0 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Ecolab
0 Sell rating(s)

11 Hold rating(s)

7 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39
: Ecolab has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Ecolab's net margin of -18.19%. Venator Materials' return on equity of 19.36% beat Ecolab's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Venator Materials -18.19% -47.15% -8.22%
Ecolab 8.96% 19.36% 6.91%
: Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecolab has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Venator Materials	Neutral
Ecolab	Positive

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Venator Materials	N/A	N/A
Ecolab	Outperform Votes 728 64.94%	Underperform Votes 393 35.06%

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Venator Materials	$2.17B	31.51	-$188M	-$3.28	-195.12
Ecolab	$15.32B	4.09	$1.37B	$4.79	45.77

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Venator Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ecolab	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Venator Materials	-18.19%	-47.15%	-8.22%
Ecolab	8.96%	19.36%	6.91%

Summary

Ecolab beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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Metric	Ecolab	Soap, detergents, & cleaning preparations; perfumes, & cosmetics Industry	Materials Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$62.69B	$115.21B	$2.85B	$17.23B
Dividend Yield	1.04%	1.82%	5.36%	3.62%
P/E Ratio	45.77	25.49	127.84	20.37
Price / Sales	4.09	3.10	888,546.87	10.14
Price / Cash	25.87	20.39	23.35	17.09
Price / Book	7.74	5.41	3.55	4.84
Net Income	$1.37B	$4.20B	$174.16M	$969.88M
7 Day Performance	-1.11%	-0.20%	-1.26%	-2.30%
1 Month Performance	-3.56%	-4.34%	14.28%	-3.08%
1 Year Performance	33.15%	2.72%	125.67%	77.61%

Ecolab Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
VNTRQ Venator Materials	0 of 5 stars	$625.00 -35.2%	N/A	N/A	$66.88B	$2.17B	-190.55	3,400	Gap Down
VNTR Venator Materials	0 of 5 stars	$625.00 -35.2%	N/A	N/A	$66.88B	$2.17B	-359.20	3,685	Gap Down
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	3.4273 of 5 stars	$49.41 -1.2%	$46.71 -5.5%	+16.8%	$70.87B	$22.86B	38.91	27,200	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Report Analyst Revision
VALE Vale	3.9828 of 5 stars	$11.67 -2.8%	$16.52 +41.6%	-24.9%	$52.30B	$41.78B	6.37	64,516	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Report News Coverage
APD Air Products and Chemicals	4.8134 of 5 stars	$227.76 -1.5%	$276.36 +21.3%	-19.0%	$50.63B	$12.60B	21.73	23,000	Analyst Revision
NUE Nucor	3.4371 of 5 stars	$192.12 -1.0%	$186.67 -2.8%	+26.3%	$46.10B	$34.71B	10.68	32,000	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Report Analyst Revision
NEM Newmont	4.8471 of 5 stars	$38.12 -0.8%	$51.99 +36.4%	-21.1%	$43.94B	$11.81B	-16.01	21,700	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Revision News Coverage
RIO Rio Tinto Group	1.3136 of 5 stars	$65.70 -1.6%	$72.00 +9.6%	-5.3%	$82.29B	$54.04B	0.00	57,000	Analyst Upgrade
DOW DOW	4.126 of 5 stars	$56.85 -0.8%	$57.58 +1.3%	-0.5%	$39.93B	$44.62B	69.33	35,900	Upcoming Earnings
SCCO Southern Copper	2.6097 of 5 stars	$113.84 -0.2%	$76.83 -32.5%	+40.9%	$88.01B	$9.90B	36.25	15,810	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Report

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Ecolab (ECL) Competitors

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