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Olin (OLN) Competitors

$48.34
+1.20 (+2.55%)
(As of 12/1/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$47.06
$48.48
50-Day Range
$42.10
$49.98
52-Week Range
$41.71
$64.70
Volume
1.41 million shs
Average Volume
943,597 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.92 billion
P/E Ratio
10.65
Dividend Yield
1.65%
Price Target
$54.43

OLN vs. FMC, HUN, ASH, BCPC, CC, IOSP, LTHM, AGI, PAAS, and ATI

Should you be buying Olin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olin include FMC (FMC), Huntsman (HUN), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Chemours (CC), Innospec (IOSP), Livent (LTHM), Alamos Gold (AGI), Pan American Silver (PAAS), and ATI (ATI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Olin vs.

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Olin$9.38B0.63$1.33B$4.5410.65
FMC$5.80B1.20$731.50M$3.9314.19

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

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OlinOutperform Votes
471
59.70%
Underperform Votes
318
40.30%
FMCOutperform Votes
700
65.79%
Underperform Votes
364
34.21%

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

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.

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
Olin8.39% 24.36% 7.57%
FMC 10.01%18.84%5.59%

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.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OLN vs. The Competition

MetricOlinChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.92B$5.88B$2.60B$15.89B
Dividend Yield1.70%2.70%5.41%3.74%
P/E Ratio10.6515.9291.8824.69
Price / Sales0.6357.77920,785.267.20
Price / Cash3.357.4923.4517.38
Price / Book2.502.102.884.67
Net Income$1.33B$263.99M$290.84M$908.09M
7 Day Performance1.90%2.24%3.34%2.49%
1 Month Performance10.29%6.94%5.24%11.31%
1 Year Performance-14.55%-12.22%-2.48%2.64%

Olin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMC
FMC
3.1927 of 5 stars
$52.37
+0.7%
$88.94
+69.8%
-58.5%$6.53B$5.80B13.336,600Insider Buying
Short Interest ↑
HUN
Huntsman
2.049 of 5 stars
$24.33
-2.5%
$26.27
+8.0%
-11.6%$4.24B$8.02B52.897,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ASH
Ashland
2.5872 of 5 stars
$78.27
-0.2%
$93.14
+19.0%
-27.6%$4.01B$2.19B23.943,800Short Interest ↑
BCPC
Balchem
2.2498 of 5 stars
$122.71
-0.4%
$135.00
+10.0%
-11.4%$3.96B$942.36M38.471,340Short Interest ↑
CC
Chemours
2.5402 of 5 stars
$26.13
-0.2%
$31.90
+22.1%
-5.4%$3.88B$6.79B-12.626,600Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
IOSP
Innospec
3.1062 of 5 stars
$105.55
-0.4%
N/A-3.8%$2.63B$1.96B20.782,100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LTHM
Livent
2.7089 of 5 stars
$13.54
+2.0%
$27.14
+100.5%
-48.9%$2.43B$813.20M7.561,350Analyst Report
AGI
Alamos Gold
2.0507 of 5 stars
$14.58
+3.6%
$13.30
-8.7%
+48.2%$5.78B$821.20M28.581,918Options Volume
News Coverage
PAAS
Pan American Silver
2.6034 of 5 stars
$15.62
+4.1%
$28.25
+80.9%
-7.2%$5.69B$1.49B-16.806,200Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
ATI
ATI
1.7451 of 5 stars
$44.24
-0.9%
$49.17
+11.1%
+38.4%$5.64B$3.84B21.586,700Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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