ESI vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, NGVT, and BAK
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Ingevity (NGVT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Element Solutions vs.
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Element Solutions and 16 mentions for ICL Group. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat ICL Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Element Solutions pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICL Group pays out 51.6% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $26.38, indicating a potential upside of 22.13%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than ICL Group.
ICL Group received 183 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to ICL Group's net margin of 5.83%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.68% beat ICL Group's return on equity.
Summary
Element Solutions beats ICL Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff