FUL vs. RPM, CE, ALB, BCPC, NEU, ASH, SXT, IOSP, KWR, and MTX
Should you be buying H.B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H.B. Fuller include RPM International (RPM), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
RPM International (NYSE:RPM) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
RPM International has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPM International received 127 more outperform votes than H.B. Fuller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.12% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
81.0% of RPM International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of RPM International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RPM International has a net margin of 8.02% compared to RPM International's net margin of 4.67%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 26.80% beat RPM International's return on equity.
RPM International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. RPM International pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H.B. Fuller pays out 30.4% 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. RPM International has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years and H.B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years.
RPM International currently has a consensus price target of $120.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. H.B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $92.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given RPM International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than RPM International.
In the previous week, RPM International had 28 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for RPM International and 6 mentions for H.B. Fuller. RPM International's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat H.B. Fuller's score of -0.10 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RPM International has higher revenue and earnings than H.B. Fuller. RPM International 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.
Summary
RPM International beats H.B. Fuller on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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