Huntsman (HUN) Competitors

FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the media prefer FMC or HUN?

In the previous week, FMC had 13 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for FMC and 42 mentions for Huntsman. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Huntsman's score of 0.27 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FMC	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntsman	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FMC or HUN?

FMC received 93 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave FMC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FMC	Outperform Votes 721 63.75%	Underperform Votes 410 36.25%
Huntsman	Outperform Votes 628 65.69%	Underperform Votes 328 34.31%

Is FMC or HUN a better dividend stock?

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. FMC pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Huntsman pays out -90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FMC or HUN?

91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, FMC or HUN?

FMC has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FMC or HUN?

FMC currently has a consensus target price of $49.15, indicating a potential upside of 27.99%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.09%. Given Huntsman's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Huntsman is more favorable than FMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
Huntsman	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FMC or HUN?

FMC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FMC	$4.25B	1.13	$341.10M	$2.72	14.12
Huntsman	$6.04B	0.39	$101M	-$1.10	-12.16

Is FMC or HUN more profitable?

FMC has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -3.13%. FMC's return on equity of 9.67% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FMC	8.03%	9.67%	3.64%
Huntsman	-3.13%	-0.39%	-0.18%

Summary

FMC beats Huntsman on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.