Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE:OEC) Vs. BTG, SSRM, AVNT, SIM, CBT, BCPC, ATC, FUL, MEOH, and SXT
Should you be buying Orion Engineered Carbons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion Engineered Carbons include B2Gold (BTG), SSR Mining (SSRM), Avient (AVNT), Grupo Simec (SIM), Cabot (CBT), Balchem (BCPC), Atotech (ATC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Methanex (MEOH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous chemical products" industry.These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous chemical products" industry.These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Orion Engineered Carbons vs.
B2Gold (NYSE:BTG) and Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE:OEC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
B2Gold currently has a consensus price target of $9.25, indicating a potential upside of 121.82%. Orion Engineered Carbons has a consensus price target of $22.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.52%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Orion Engineered Carbons.
B2Gold has higher revenue and earnings than Orion Engineered Carbons. Orion Engineered Carbons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Orion Engineered Carbons had 4 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Orion Engineered Carbons and 0 mentions for B2Gold. Orion Engineered Carbons' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat B2Gold's score of 0.00 indicating that Orion Engineered Carbons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
B2Gold has a net margin of 23.18% compared to Orion Engineered Carbons' net margin of 8.60%. Orion Engineered Carbons' return on equity of 33.42% beat B2Gold's return on equity.
Orion Engineered Carbons received 250 more outperform votes than B2Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.82% of users gave Orion Engineered Carbons an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Orion Engineered Carbons pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. B2Gold pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orion Engineered Carbons pays out 3.4% 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.
B2Gold has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Engineered Carbons has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
62.7% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Orion Engineered Carbons shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Orion Engineered Carbons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Orion Engineered Carbons beats B2Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE:OEC) vs. Its Competitors
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