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$16.86 -0.94 (-5.30%)
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FTK vs. SCL, FF, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, NEU, BCPC, and CE

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), Balchem (BCPC), and Celanese (CE). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Flotek Industries vs. Its Competitors

Stepan (NYSE:SCL) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) are both small-cap specialty chemicals companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Flotek Industries has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Stepan's net margin of 2.57%. Flotek Industries' return on equity of 17.67% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stepan2.57% 4.78% 2.42%
Flotek Industries 6.59%17.67%10.86%

82.7% of Stepan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Stepan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stepan$2.26B0.46$50.37M$2.5418.18
Flotek Industries$214.21M2.35$10.50M$0.4438.31

Stepan has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.97%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Stepan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stepan
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Flotek Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Stepan. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Flotek Industries and 3 mentions for Stepan. Stepan's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Flotek Industries' score of 0.67 indicating that Stepan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stepan
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Flotek Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Stepan on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FTK vs. The Competition

MetricFlotek IndustriesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$503.32M$6.17B$7.83B$22.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%10.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio38.3120.8016.1033.12
Price / Sales2.354.101,427.0560.09
Price / Cash25.578.4436.3424.22
Price / Book4.412.064.484.68
Net Income$10.50M$411.58M$4.26B$1.01B
7 Day Performance15.58%11.29%2.54%2.22%
1 Month Performance26.25%4.82%0.47%1.17%
1 Year Performance245.43%19.30%18.77%13.47%

Flotek Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FTK
Flotek Industries
2.0572 of 5 stars
$16.86
-5.3%
$14.33
-15.0%
+265.8%$503.32M$214.21M38.31130News Coverage
Analyst Revision
SCL
Stepan
4.2783 of 5 stars
$47.55
+0.7%
N/A-36.8%$1.07B$2.18B18.722,396Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FF
FutureFuel
3.1221 of 5 stars
$3.75
-1.6%
N/A-32.4%$166.89M$243.34M-6.15470Positive News
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.8025 of 5 stars
$331.98
-0.2%
$387.60
+16.8%
-8.7%$82.98B$23.10B32.9363,890Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ECL
Ecolab
4.5625 of 5 stars
$270.16
-0.7%
$292.29
+8.2%
+6.2%$77.17B$15.74B36.0748,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.6108 of 5 stars
$60.13
+1.0%
$87.24
+45.1%
-36.7%$15.26B$11.48B-38.793,400Analyst Revision
RPM
RPM International
4.7401 of 5 stars
$111.58
+0.3%
$130.60
+17.0%
-13.9%$14.26B$7.37B20.8617,778Short Interest ↓
ALB
Albemarle
3.513 of 5 stars
$96.20
+7.1%
$87.35
-9.2%
+3.7%$10.57B$5.38B-10.328,300Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NEU
NewMarket
2.8188 of 5 stars
$789.88
+0.8%
N/A+46.4%$7.36B$2.79B15.662,060News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BCPC
Balchem
4.4396 of 5 stars
$143.11
-1.1%
$189.00
+32.1%
-6.0%$4.69B$953.68M32.821,361Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CE
Celanese
4.2014 of 5 stars
$40.17
+2.2%
$56.33
+40.2%
-67.1%$4.30B$10.28B-2.7112,163Analyst Forecast

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