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NGVT vs. ESI, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, CC, BAK, PCT, UAN, and TROX

Should you be buying Ingevity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingevity include Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Braskem (BAK), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), CVR Partners (UAN), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Ingevity vs.

Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Ingevity presently has a consensus target price of $52.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.67%. Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $26.38, indicating a potential upside of 22.02%. Given Ingevity's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ingevity is more favorable than Element Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingevity
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned 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.

Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -30.60%. Ingevity's return on equity of 41.44% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingevity-30.60% 41.44% 5.76%
Element Solutions 9.94%14.68%7.08%

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 11 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Element Solutions and 7 mentions for Ingevity. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ingevity's score of 1.62 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingevity
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Element Solutions
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Ingevity received 313 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IngevityOutperform Votes
381
64.47%
Underperform Votes
210
35.53%
Element SolutionsOutperform Votes
68
47.89%
Underperform Votes
74
52.11%

Ingevity has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Element Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingevity$1.35B1.11-$355.17M-$9.74-4.21
Element Solutions$2.48B2.12$118.10M$1.1918.16

Summary

Element Solutions beats Ingevity on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NGVT vs. The Competition

MetricIngevityChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$4.82B$3.08B$19.31B
Dividend YieldN/A3.49%5.21%3.83%
P/E Ratio-3.4619.5968.0834.55
Price / Sales1.1168.2925,633,028,482,418,500.0034.91
Price / Cash2.909.7924.3417.51
Price / Book7.635.015.214.68
Net Income-$355.17M$190.83M$156.63M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.42%0.41%2.45%-1.96%
1 Month Performance29.32%9.16%5.56%7.26%
1 Year Performance-18.17%-11.39%17.12%3.95%

Ingevity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGVT
Ingevity
3.3695 of 5 stars
$41.29
+0.6%
$52.75
+27.8%
-17.6%$1.51B$1.35B-3.492,050Positive News
Gap Down
ESI
Element Solutions
4.811 of 5 stars
$22.82
+7.7%
$26.38
+15.6%
-9.4%$5.53B$2.48B22.375,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.1405 of 5 stars
$329.28
+5.8%
$342.50
+4.0%
+22.1%$5.53B$858.61M39.342,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
AVNT
Avient
4.6082 of 5 stars
$39.06
+6.1%
$46.80
+19.8%
-19.3%$3.58B$3.24B21.359,700News Coverage
Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.84 of 5 stars
$34.48
+6.3%
$46.88
+35.9%
-37.1%$2.32B$3.70B14.931,300Gap Up
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.3732 of 5 stars
$11.86
+2.1%
$16.00
+34.9%
+54.5%$1.76B$573.95M-84.71240News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
CC
Chemours
4.6507 of 5 stars
$11.96
+8.1%
$18.33
+53.4%
-60.1%$1.66B$5.79B20.976,600Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BAK
Braskem
2.492 of 5 stars
$3.81
+5.1%
$9.75
+156.2%
-53.9%$1.52B$77.41B-1.078,310Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.2662 of 5 stars
$8.13
+11.5%
$12.00
+47.6%
+70.4%$1.46B$1.58M-5.42120Gap Down
High Trading Volume
UAN
CVR Partners
2.9283 of 5 stars
$82.60
-0.4%
N/A-1.9%$1.41B$540.53M14.34300Positive News
High Trading Volume
TROX
Tronox
4.7887 of 5 stars
$5.75
+9.6%
$9.64
+67.6%
-73.2%$908.78M$3.04B-18.566,610Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Options Volume
High Trading Volume

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