ESI vs. CBT, WDFC, OEC, ARQ, ASPI, FTK, ZTEK, FSI, NTR, and TECK
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), ARQ (ARQ), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Flotek Industries (FTK), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Nutrien (NTR), and Teck Resources (TECK).
Cabot (NYSE:CBT) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Cabot's net margin of 5.62%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 26.21% beat Cabot's return on equity.
Cabot currently has a consensus price target of $91.80, indicating a potential downside of 6.05%. Element Solutions has a consensus price target of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Cabot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Cabot.
Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Cabot pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Element Solutions pays out 59.3% 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. Cabot has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cabot has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Element Solutions and 5 mentions for Cabot. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.08 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned 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.
Cabot received 342 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.98% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 41.07% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Cabot beats Element Solutions on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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