Olin (OLN) Competitors

Olin (NYSE:OLN) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, OLN or FMC?

Olin has higher revenue and earnings than FMC. Olin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FMC, 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
Olin	$9.38B	0.63	$1.33B	$4.54	10.65
FMC	$5.80B	1.20	$731.50M	$3.93	14.19

Does the media prefer OLN or FMC?

In the previous week, FMC had 11 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FMC and 1 mentions for Olin. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Olin's score of -0.53 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olin	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
FMC	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is OLN or FMC a better dividend stock?

Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Olin pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FMC pays out 59.0% 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 MarketBeat Community favor OLN or FMC?

FMC received 229 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olin	Outperform Votes 471 59.70%	Underperform Votes 318 40.30%
FMC	Outperform Votes 700 65.79%	Underperform Votes 364 34.21%

Do analysts prefer OLN or FMC?

Olin presently has a consensus target price of $54.43, suggesting a potential upside of 12.60%. FMC has a consensus target price of $88.94, suggesting a potential upside of 59.53%. Given FMC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FMC is more favorable than Olin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olin	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
FMC	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OLN or FMC?

85.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OLN or FMC more profitable?

FMC has a net margin of 10.01% compared to Olin's net margin of 8.39%. Olin's return on equity of 24.36% beat FMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olin	8.39%	24.36%	7.57%
FMC	10.01%	18.84%	5.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, OLN or FMC?

Olin has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FMC beats Olin on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.