LYB vs. WLK, GOLD, DD, NEM, PPG, PKX, NTR, AEM, DOW, and FNV
Should you be buying LyondellBasell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LyondellBasell Industries include Westlake (WLK), Barrick Gold (GOLD), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Newmont (NEM), PPG Industries (PPG), POSCO (PKX), Nutrien (NTR), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), DOW (DOW), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 4 mentions for Westlake. Westlake's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat LyondellBasell Industries' score of 0.10 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Westlake pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 71.6% 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. Westlake has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and LyondellBasell Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westlake has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Westlake's net margin of 5.53%. Westlake's return on equity of 22.15% beat LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity.
Westlake currently has a consensus target price of $128.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.95%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus target price of $102.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LyondellBasell Industries is more favorable than Westlake.
28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries 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.
LyondellBasell Industries received 283 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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