FSI vs. VHI, OEC, LXFR, ARQ, AMTX, VGAS, ZTEK, ALTO, LOOP, and CBUS
Should you be buying Flexible Solutions International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flexible Solutions International include Valhi (VHI), Orion (OEC), Luxfer (LXFR), ARQ (ARQ), Aemetis (AMTX), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Zentek (ZTEK), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Loop Industries (LOOP), and Cibus (CBUS). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Flexible Solutions International vs. Its Competitors
Flexible Solutions International (NYSE:FSI) and Valhi (NYSE:VHI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Flexible Solutions International has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valhi has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexible Solutions International pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Valhi pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Flexible Solutions International pays out 65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valhi pays out 9.3% 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. Valhi is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Valhi has higher revenue and earnings than Flexible Solutions International. Valhi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexible Solutions International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.3% of Flexible Solutions International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Valhi shares are held by institutional investors. 35.8% of Flexible Solutions International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valhi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flexible Solutions International has a net margin of 10.80% compared to Valhi's net margin of 4.69%. Flexible Solutions International's return on equity of 10.61% beat Valhi's return on equity.
Valhi has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.67%. Given Valhi's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valhi is more favorable than Flexible Solutions International.
In the previous week, Valhi had 4 more articles in the media than Flexible Solutions International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Valhi and 0 mentions for Flexible Solutions International. Valhi's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Flexible Solutions International's score of 0.00 indicating that Valhi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Flexible Solutions International and Valhi tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSI) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
