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NYSE:OEC

Orion (OEC) Competitors

$20.81
-0.74 (-3.43%)
(As of 09/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$20.55
$21.54
50-Day Range
$20.69
$23.48
52-Week Range
$12.87
$26.91
Volume
318,207 shs
Average Volume
282,606 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.22 billion
P/E Ratio
10.78
Dividend Yield
0.38%
Price Target
$26.50

OEC vs. CBT, HWKN, KALU, IAG, CGAU, CMP, SAND, AG, SLCA, and RYI

Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), IAMGOLD (IAG), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), First Majestic Silver (AG), U.S. Silica (SLCA), and Ryerson (RYI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Orion vs.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Orion$2.03B0.60$106.20M$1.9310.78
Cabot$4.32B0.87$209M$5.2912.70

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OrionOutperform Votes
264
60.97%
Underperform Votes
169
39.03%
CabotOutperform Votes
376
61.64%
Underperform Votes
234
38.36%

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
Orion5.92% 27.96% 6.80%
Cabot 7.48%25.98%8.72%

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.

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.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OEC vs. The Competition

MetricOrionchemical products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.26B$1.16B$2.40B$15.23B
Dividend Yield0.38%1.53%4.64%3.69%
P/E Ratio10.7811.6791.9320.85
Price / Sales0.60252.5178,996.978.38
Price / Cash5.7612.4521.9615.09
Price / Book2.7618.022.836.69
Net Income$106.20M$45.89M$302.78M$901.48M
7 Day Performance-6.09%-0.46%5.27%-3.05%
1 Month Performance-5.11%-10.70%6.35%-4.07%
1 Year Performance50.69%0.49%7.10%9.08%

Orion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CBT
Cabot
2.5845 of 5 stars
$69.21
-1.0%
$83.75
+21.0%
+2.8%$3.87B$4.32B13.084,200Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
1.8191 of 5 stars
$60.02
-0.6%
$62.00
+3.3%
+55.5%$1.27B$935.10M19.74846News Coverage
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.2999 of 5 stars
$75.75
-0.1%
$72.75
-4.0%
+14.1%$1.21B$3.43B120.244,000Positive News
IAG
IAMGOLD
2.6532 of 5 stars
$2.47
-3.1%
$3.47
+40.9%
+110.3%$1.19B$958.80M82.195,065
CGAU
Centerra Gold
2.7209 of 5 stars
$5.38
-4.1%
$10.50
+95.2%
+31.2%$1.16B$850.19M-4.271,022Analyst Report
CMP
Compass Minerals International
3.2669 of 5 stars
$27.88
+0.2%
$58.00
+108.0%
-26.6%$1.15B$1.24B126.731,954Positive News
SAND
Sandstorm Gold
2.4698 of 5 stars
$5.06
-2.1%
$11.79
+133.3%
-12.6%$1.50B$97.82M28.08N/AAnalyst Report
AG
First Majestic Silver
1.8266 of 5 stars
$5.34
-5.0%
$14.50
+171.5%
-25.8%$1.53B$624.22M-9.374,634Positive News
SLCA
U.S. Silica
1.511 of 5 stars
$13.88
-1.7%
$15.00
+8.1%
+28.6%$1.07B$1.53B7.052,013Analyst Revision
RYI
Ryerson
2.3238 of 5 stars
$30.04
+0.3%
$40.00
+33.2%
+16.4%$1.03B$6.32B9.574,200

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This page (NYSE:OEC) was last updated on 9/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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