Orion (OEC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend OEC or CBT?

Orion presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.34%. Cabot has a consensus target price of $83.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.70%. Given Orion's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than Cabot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cabot	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OEC or CBT?

89.9% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Orion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cabot 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, OEC or CBT?

Orion has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OEC or CBT?

Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Orion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cabot, 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
Orion	$2.03B	0.60	$106.20M	$1.93	10.78
Cabot	$4.32B	0.87	$209M	$5.29	12.70

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OEC or CBT?

Cabot received 112 more outperform votes than Orion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave Orion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orion	Outperform Votes 264 60.97%	Underperform Votes 169 39.03%
Cabot	Outperform Votes 376 61.64%	Underperform Votes 234 38.36%

Is OEC or CBT more profitable?

Cabot has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Orion's net margin of 5.92%. Orion's return on equity of 27.96% beat Cabot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion	5.92%	27.96%	6.80%
Cabot	7.48%	25.98%	8.72%

Is OEC or CBT a better dividend stock?

Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Orion pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 30.2% 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.

Does the media prefer OEC or CBT?

In the previous week, Orion and Orion both had 5 articles in the media. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Orion's score of 0.73 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Cabot beats Orion on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.