Ingevity (NGVT) Competitors

Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Stepan (NYSE:SCL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NGVT or SCL?

Stepan has higher revenue and earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stepan, 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
Ingevity	$1.41B	1.50	-$430.30M	-$5.95	-9.69
Stepan	$2.18B	0.54	$50.37M	$2.54	20.46

Which has more risk and volatility, NGVT or SCL?

Ingevity has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stepan has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NGVT or SCL?

91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Stepan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Stepan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NGVT or SCL?

In the previous week, Ingevity and Ingevity both had 7 articles in the media. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Stepan's score of 0.08 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingevity	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stepan	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NGVT or SCL more profitable?

Stepan has a net margin of 2.57% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -16.35%. Ingevity's return on equity of 84.92% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingevity	-16.35%	84.92%	7.95%
Stepan	2.57%	4.78%	2.42%

Do analysts prefer NGVT or SCL?

Ingevity presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.61%. Given Ingevity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingevity is more favorable than Stepan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingevity	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Stepan	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Summary

Ingevity beats Stepan on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.