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ESI vs. AEIS, LFUS, MKSI, AVNT, DD, DOV, ITT, PH, PNR, and TEL

Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Littelfuse (LFUS), MKS (MKSI), Avient (AVNT), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), and TE Connectivity (TEL).

Element Solutions vs. Its Competitors

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 9 mentions for Element Solutions. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Element Solutions' score of 1.48 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Advanced Energy Industries
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Element Solutions
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Element Solutions pays out 32.0% 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.

Element Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Energy Industries$1.48B4.34$54.21M$2.2177.10
Element Solutions$2.46B2.65$244.20M$1.0026.91

99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 5.13%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.14% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Advanced Energy Industries5.13% 12.38% 6.58%
Element Solutions 9.66%14.14%7.17%

Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Advanced Energy Industries currently has a consensus target price of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 17.31%. Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.75%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Advanced Energy Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Element Solutions beats Advanced Energy Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricElement SolutionsCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.50B$15.50B$3.56B$21.59B
Dividend Yield1.21%1.88%5.08%3.50%
P/E Ratio26.9053.84157.0230.16
Price / Sales2.653.1117,856.4353.82
Price / Cash12.6113.2625.6924.68
Price / Book2.723.236.544.59
Net Income$244.20M$423.39M$149.17M$999.97M
7 Day Performance1.99%-0.90%1.40%0.71%
1 Month Performance7.54%1.74%10.52%5.31%
1 Year Performance6.64%10.04%47.17%15.74%

Element Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Element Solutions
4.2766 of 5 stars
$26.91
+2.1%
$27.38
+1.7%
+2.7%$6.50B$2.46B26.905,300News Coverage
Positive News
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.6365 of 5 stars
$154.43
+0.4%
$140.90
-8.8%
+59.4%$5.80B$1.48B69.8810,000News Coverage
Positive News
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.6236 of 5 stars
$262.49
-0.1%
$234.50
-10.7%
+2.4%$6.51B$2.26B54.6916,000Positive News
MKSI
MKS
4.1973 of 5 stars
$109.02
+4.3%
$119.80
+9.9%
+9.5%$7.02B$3.74B27.6710,200Positive News
Gap Up
AVNT
Avient
4.587 of 5 stars
$37.80
+0.2%
$45.60
+20.7%
-24.4%$3.45B$3.24B29.539,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.4659 of 5 stars
$77.72
-0.1%
$88.25
+13.6%
-7.2%$32.58B$12.39B-165.3524,000Positive News
Insider Trade
DOV
Dover
4.8859 of 5 stars
$177.86
+0.1%
$213.92
+20.3%
-9.0%$24.38B$7.75B10.7324,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3775 of 5 stars
$173.12
+1.3%
$182.78
+5.6%
+29.1%$13.33B$3.63B27.2211,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5478 of 5 stars
$759.97
+0.2%
$770.94
+1.4%
+22.0%$96.93B$19.85B28.0257,950Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.4059 of 5 stars
$110.71
+0.1%
$114.36
+3.3%
+16.6%$18.14B$4.08B30.259,750Positive News
Analyst Revision
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.4872 of 5 stars
$207.60
-0.5%
$199.55
-3.9%
+44.6%$61.68B$15.85B42.9887,000Positive News

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