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PCT vs. ALTM, CSWI, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, CC, NGVT, BAK, and UAN

Should you be buying PureCycle Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PureCycle Technologies include Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

PureCycle Technologies vs.

Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

PureCycle Technologies received 31 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arcadium LithiumOutperform Votes
2
15.38%
Underperform Votes
11
84.62%
PureCycle TechnologiesOutperform Votes
33
73.33%
Underperform Votes
12
26.67%

In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 0 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that PureCycle Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Arcadium Lithium Neutral
PureCycle Technologies Very Positive

27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Arcadium Lithium has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadium Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcadium Lithium$1.21B5.21$86.15M$0.0873.06
PureCycle Technologies$1.58M1,176.23-$101.71M-$1.17-8.85

PureCycle Technologies has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Given PureCycle Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcadium Lithium
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
PureCycle Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 0.00% beat PureCycle Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcadium LithiumN/A N/A N/A
PureCycle Technologies N/A -52.63%-20.69%

Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PureCycle Technologies beats Arcadium Lithium on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCT vs. The Competition

MetricPureCycle TechnologiesPlastics materials & resins IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$6.43B$24.35B$8.46B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%2.66%4.17%
P/E Ratio-6.9023.4233.4219.89
Price / Sales1,176.23107.88364.87138.33
Price / CashN/A11.8930.9334.64
Price / Book4.041.505.474.56
Net Income-$101.71M$111.77M$195.65M$248.06M
7 Day Performance27.15%4.80%1.60%2.14%
1 Month Performance48.92%4.26%9.30%9.07%
1 Year Performance102.15%-21.38%18.98%9.74%

PureCycle Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.5051 of 5 stars
$10.25
-1.0%
$12.00
+17.1%
+89.9%$1.84B$1.58M-6.83120Positive News
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+24.4%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.2128 of 5 stars
$327.59
-1.1%
$342.50
+4.6%
+19.8%$5.50B$858.61M39.142,400Earnings Report
ESI
Element Solutions
4.8246 of 5 stars
$22.44
+0.4%
$26.38
+17.5%
-9.2%$5.44B$2.48B22.005,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AVNT
Avient
4.5831 of 5 stars
$37.43
-0.9%
$46.80
+25.0%
-17.1%$3.43B$3.24B20.459,700Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.8559 of 5 stars
$33.63
+0.2%
$48.25
+43.5%
-36.0%$2.27B$3.70B14.561,300Positive News
Gap Up
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.3882 of 5 stars
$11.81
-0.7%
$15.50
+31.2%
+57.6%$1.74B$573.95M-84.35240
CC
Chemours
4.6599 of 5 stars
$11.19
+0.2%
$17.56
+56.9%
-60.1%$1.67B$5.79B19.636,600Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
NGVT
Ingevity
2.4004 of 5 stars
$42.36
-1.4%
$52.75
+24.5%
-8.3%$1.54B$1.35B-3.582,050Positive News
BAK
Braskem
2.1329 of 5 stars
$3.70
+2.5%
$9.75
+163.5%
-45.5%$1.47B$78.95B-1.048,310
UAN
CVR Partners
2.9507 of 5 stars
$83.52
+1.9%
N/A+1.3%$1.43B$540.53M14.50300Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PCT) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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