FMC (FMC) Competitors

Olin (NYSE:OLN) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Is OLN or FMC a better dividend stock?

Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Olin pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FMC pays out 22.0% 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. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OLN or FMC?

FMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Olin. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, 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
Olin	$6.83B	0.94	$460.20M	$3.54	15.14
FMC	$4.49B	1.61	$1.32B	$10.53	5.49

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OLN or FMC?

88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OLN or FMC?

Olin currently has a consensus price target of $59.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.42%. FMC has a consensus price target of $71.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.70%. Given Olin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Olin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olin	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Does the media prefer OLN or FMC?

In the previous week, FMC had 5 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FMC and 6 mentions for Olin. Olin's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat FMC's score of 0.17 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olin	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FMC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, OLN or FMC?

Olin has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLN or FMC?

FMC received 229 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olin	Outperform Votes 477 59.40%	Underperform Votes 326 40.60%
FMC	Outperform Votes 706 64.95%	Underperform Votes 381 35.05%

Is OLN or FMC more profitable?

FMC has a net margin of 29.45% compared to FMC's net margin of 6.74%. FMC's return on equity of 18.44% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olin	6.74%	18.44%	5.63%
FMC	29.45%	12.98%	4.08%

Summary

FMC beats Olin on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.