NL vs. KRO, PPTA, AVD, VHI, VZLA, RYAM, LWLG, ODC, FSTR, and IPI
Should you be buying NL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NL Industries include Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), American Vanguard (AVD), Valhi (VHI), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), L.B. Foster (FSTR), and Intrepid Potash (IPI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and NL Industries (NYSE:NL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Kronos Worldwide pays out -176.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NL Industries pays out -800.0% 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. NL Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NL Industries has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NL Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kronos Worldwide. NL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kronos Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NL Industries has a net margin of -1.43% compared to NL Industries' net margin of -2.95%. Kronos Worldwide's return on equity of -0.59% beat NL Industries' return on equity.
15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of NL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NL Industries shares are held 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.
Kronos Worldwide received 101 more outperform votes than NL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.94% of users gave NL Industries an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.
Kronos Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.77%. NL Industries has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.16%. Given NL Industries' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than NL Industries.
In the previous week, NL Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NL Industries and 3 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. NL Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of -0.03 indicating that Kronos Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NL Industries beats Kronos Worldwide on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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