FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, NEU, BCPC, and SXT
Should you be buying FutureFuel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FutureFuel include Flotek Industries (FTK), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
FutureFuel vs.
Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FutureFuel has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flotek Industries received 43 more outperform votes than FutureFuel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 1 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flotek Industries and 1 mentions for FutureFuel. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Flotek Industries' score of 0.91 indicating that FutureFuel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flotek Industries currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 47.31%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.
10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of FutureFuel shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FutureFuel has a net margin of 13.18% compared to Flotek Industries' net margin of 4.58%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 15.32% beat Flotek Industries' return on equity.
FutureFuel has higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. FutureFuel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats FutureFuel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
