FTK vs. SCL, FF, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, NEU, CE, and BCPC
Should you be buying Flotek Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flotek Industries include Stepan (SCL), FutureFuel (FF), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Celanese (CE), and Balchem (BCPC). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Flotek Industries vs. Its Competitors
Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Stepan (NYSE:SCL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Stepan has higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. Stepan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Stepan had 6 more articles in the media than Flotek Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Stepan and 3 mentions for Flotek Industries. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Stepan's score of 0.57 indicating that Flotek Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Flotek Industries received 30 more outperform votes than Stepan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.83% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave Stepan an outperform vote.
Flotek Industries presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 51.75%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Stepan.
10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Stepan shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Stepan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Flotek Industries has a net margin of 4.58% compared to Stepan's net margin of 2.31%. Flotek Industries' return on equity of 7.76% beat Stepan's return on equity.
Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stepan has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats Stepan on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FTK) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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