HUN vs. FMC, OLN, LXU, DD, PPG, DOW, EMN, BCPC, HWKN, and ASH
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Balchem (BCPC), Hawkins (HWKN), and Ashland (ASH).
Huntsman vs. Its Competitors
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
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.
Huntsman has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.12%. FMC has a consensus price target of $49.46, suggesting a potential upside of 14.15%. Given Huntsman's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntsman is more favorable than FMC.
FMC received 93 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.18% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave FMC an outperform vote.
Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Huntsman pays out -109.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FMC pays out 88.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, FMC had 11 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FMC and 3 mentions for Huntsman. Huntsman's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat FMC's score of 0.17 indicating that Huntsman is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FMC beats Huntsman on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HUN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
