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OEC vs. CBT, UAN, BAK, ECVT, ASPI, TROX, WLKP, ASIX, VHI, and ADUR

Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Cabot (CBT), CVR Partners (UAN), Braskem (BAK), Ecovyst (ECVT), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Tronox (TROX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), and Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR).

Orion vs. Its Competitors

Orion (NYSE:OEC) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Orion currently has a consensus price target of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.25%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $92.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.16%. Given Orion's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Orion is more favorable than Cabot.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Orion
3 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Cabot
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Orion$1.88B0.26$44.20M$0.2732.19
Cabot$3.99B1.04$380M$7.6510.21

Orion has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Orion had 4 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Orion and 6 mentions for Cabot. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Orion's score of 0.33 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Orion
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cabot
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

94.3% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Orion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Cabot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cabot has a net margin of 11.14% compared to Orion's net margin of 0.82%. Cabot's return on equity of 25.68% beat Orion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Orion0.82% 16.67% 4.00%
Cabot 11.14%25.68%10.92%

Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Orion pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 23.5% 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. Cabot has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Cabot beats Orion on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OEC vs. The Competition

MetricOrionCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$485.13M$15.49B$3.57B$21.58B
Dividend Yield0.96%1.89%5.08%3.49%
P/E Ratio32.1953.87156.8530.17
Price / Sales0.263.1217,859.1854.74
Price / Cash2.1713.2125.7024.62
Price / Book1.063.236.554.58
Net Income$44.20M$423.39M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-15.85%-0.83%1.54%0.88%
1 Month Performance-13.70%1.81%10.65%5.45%
1 Year Performance-48.55%10.12%47.31%15.94%

Orion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OEC
Orion
3.9654 of 5 stars
$8.69
+0.6%
$11.67
+34.3%
-49.9%$485.13M$1.88B32.191,658Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
CBT
Cabot
4.188 of 5 stars
$78.84
-0.2%
$92.33
+17.1%
-28.5%$4.20B$3.99B10.314,200Positive News
Short Interest ↑
UAN
CVR Partners
1.0757 of 5 stars
$87.30
-0.8%
N/A+31.5%$1.51B$525.32M10.49300High Trading Volume
BAK
Braskem
1.8922 of 5 stars
$3.35
+0.5%
$7.50
+124.2%
-51.3%$1.33B$77.73B-1.328,382Positive News
Gap Up
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.641 of 5 stars
$9.38
+1.4%
$11.67
+24.4%
+40.7%$1.06B$704.50M-78.17880
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.3279 of 5 stars
$9.26
+5.6%
$7.75
-16.3%
+230.2%$806.08M$4.14M-15.1876Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TROX
Tronox
4.1504 of 5 stars
$4.94
+2.0%
$5.01
+1.5%
-59.8%$767.26M$2.95B-3.126,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.7944 of 5 stars
$21.74
+0.4%
N/A-2.6%$762.91M$1.14B14.59150
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.9908 of 5 stars
$21.06
-1.9%
$33.50
+59.1%
-26.8%$576.34M$1.52B7.421,450Positive News
VHI
Valhi
1.0113 of 5 stars
$16.17
-0.1%
$12.00
-25.8%
-39.5%$457.93M$2.09B4.712,524
ADUR
Aduro Clean Technologies
2.7519 of 5 stars
$13.16
+3.1%
$48.00
+264.7%
N/A$391.16M$170K-41.13N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:OEC) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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