Ingevity (NGVT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NGVT or ESI?

91.6% of Ingevity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, NGVT or ESI?

Ingevity has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NGVT or ESI?

Ingevity presently has a consensus target price of $52.20, suggesting a potential upside of 56.69%. Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $26.38, suggesting a potential upside of 27.57%. Given Ingevity's higher probable upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Element Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NGVT or ESI?

Ingevity received 313 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingevity	Outperform Votes 381 64.69%	Underperform Votes 208 35.31%
Element Solutions	Outperform Votes 68 47.89%	Underperform Votes 74 52.11%

Does the media refer more to NGVT or ESI?

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 29 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Element Solutions and 4 mentions for Ingevity. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.59 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingevity	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Element Solutions	10 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NGVT or ESI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingevity	$1.41B	0.86	-$431.44M	-$11.84	-2.81
Element Solutions	$2.48B	2.03	$118.10M	$1.19	17.37

Is NGVT or ESI more profitable?

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%

Summary

Element Solutions beats Ingevity on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.