HUN vs. OLN, FMC, BCPC, ASH, IOSP, NGVT, HWKN, FUL, ALTM, and NXE
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Olin (OLN), FMC (FMC), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Ingevity (NGVT), Hawkins (HWKN), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), and NexGen Energy (NXE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Olin pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out 188.7% 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.
Olin presently has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.74%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $26.55, suggesting a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Olin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Olin.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 14 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Huntsman and 2 mentions for Olin. Huntsman's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Olin's score of 0.30 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olin has a net margin of 6.74% compared to Olin's net margin of 1.65%. Huntsman's return on equity of 18.44% beat Olin's return on equity.
Olin has higher revenue and earnings than Huntsman. Olin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olin has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntsman received 143 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
Summary
Olin beats Huntsman on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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