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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.

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

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

In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 0 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that PureCycle Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PureCycle Technologies Positive
Arcadium Lithium Neutral

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

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.32%. Given PureCycle Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.

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

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

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

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
PureCycle Technologies$1.58M1,071.11-$101.71M-$1.17-8.06
Arcadium Lithium$1.21B5.21$86.15M$0.0873.06

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$1.70B$6.17B$24.37B$8.32B
Dividend YieldN/A3.46%2.66%4.17%
P/E Ratio-6.3022.7633.3219.64
Price / Sales1,071.1196.89357.78132.30
Price / CashN/A11.8930.9334.64
Price / Book3.681.435.424.45
Net Income-$101.71M$111.77M$195.65M$247.95M
7 Day Performance0.80%0.83%-0.01%0.55%
1 Month Performance40.46%1.45%7.45%7.82%
1 Year Performance77.50%-24.58%18.75%8.36%

PureCycle Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.3922 of 5 stars
$9.42
-3.4%
$12.00
+27.4%
+96.6%$1.75B$1.58M-6.28120Gap Down
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+34.1%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.3831 of 5 stars
$327.59
-1.1%
$342.50
+4.6%
+19.8%$5.50B$858.61M39.142,400Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
ESI
Element Solutions
4.6633 of 5 stars
$22.44
+0.4%
$26.38
+17.5%
-8.0%$5.44B$2.48B22.005,300Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.4326 of 5 stars
$37.43
-0.9%
$46.80
+25.0%
-16.4%$3.43B$3.24B20.459,700Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.6154 of 5 stars
$33.63
+0.2%
$48.25
+43.5%
-36.6%$2.27B$3.70B14.561,300Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.6391 of 5 stars
$11.81
-0.7%
$15.50
+31.2%
+67.8%$1.74B$573.95M-84.35240Positive News
CC
Chemours
4.5703 of 5 stars
$11.19
+0.2%
$17.56
+56.9%
-60.3%$1.67B$5.79B19.636,600Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
NGVT
Ingevity
3.2073 of 5 stars
$42.36
-1.4%
$52.75
+24.5%
-9.8%$1.54B$1.35B-3.582,050Positive News
Gap Down
BAK
Braskem
2.2775 of 5 stars
$3.70
+2.5%
$9.75
+163.5%
-45.0%$1.47B$78.95B-1.048,310News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
UAN
CVR Partners
3.3195 of 5 stars
$83.52
+1.9%
N/A+2.6%$1.43B$540.53M14.50300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PCT) was last updated on 5/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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