FUL vs. ALB, CE, NEU, BCPC, SXT, ASH, IOSP, KWR, MTX, and SCL
Should you be buying H. B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H. B. Fuller include Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
H. B. Fuller vs. Its Competitors
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H. B. Fuller has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Albemarle had 6 more articles in the media than H. B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Albemarle and 4 mentions for H. B. Fuller. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat H. B. Fuller's score of 0.27 indicating that Albemarle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
H. B. Fuller has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -22.39%. H. B. Fuller's return on equity of 11.57% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H. B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H. B. Fuller shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
H. B. Fuller has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Albemarle. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H. B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. H. B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Albemarle pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H. B. Fuller pays out 47.0% 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. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and H. B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Albemarle presently has a consensus price target of $91.62, suggesting a potential upside of 58.24%. H. B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Albemarle is more favorable than H. B. Fuller.
Albemarle received 460 more outperform votes than H. B. Fuller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave H. B. Fuller an outperform vote.
Summary
Albemarle and H. B. Fuller tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FUL) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff