Olin (OLN) Competitors

FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Is FMC or OLN a better dividend stock?

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. FMC pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Olin pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FMC or OLN?

91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Olin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FMC or OLN?

FMC received 224 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.72% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 57.57% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FMC	Outperform Votes 722 63.72%	Underperform Votes 411 36.28%
Olin	Outperform Votes 498 57.57%	Underperform Votes 367 42.43%

Does the media prefer FMC or OLN?

In the previous week, FMC had 11 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FMC and 9 mentions for Olin. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Olin's score of 0.57 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FMC	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Olin	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FMC or OLN?

FMC currently has a consensus price target of $49.46, indicating a potential upside of 21.80%. Olin has a consensus price target of $27.80, indicating a potential upside of 43.15%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than FMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
Olin	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Is FMC or OLN more profitable?

FMC has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Olin's net margin of 1.66%. FMC's return on equity of 9.67% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FMC	8.03%	9.67%	3.64%
Olin	1.66%	5.10%	1.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, FMC or OLN?

FMC has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FMC or OLN?

FMC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Olin. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, 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
FMC	$4.12B	1.23	$341.10M	$2.62	15.50
Olin	$6.55B	0.34	$108.60M	$0.51	38.08

Summary

FMC beats Olin on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.