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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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

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

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%

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%

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

PureCycle Technologies has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.07%. Given PureCycle Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 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$1.58M1,164.87-$101.71M-$1.17-8.76

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 1.66 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

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$1.84B$6.34B$24.35B$8.46B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%2.66%4.18%
P/E Ratio-6.8322.9733.3719.78
Price / Sales1,164.87106.83366.20138.44
Price / CashN/A11.8930.9334.64
Price / Book4.001.485.444.54
Net Income-$101.71M$111.77M$195.65M$247.85M
7 Day Performance25.92%1.52%1.40%1.68%
1 Month Performance47.48%1.55%8.75%8.76%
1 Year Performance100.20%-22.26%18.65%9.69%

PureCycle Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.5636 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
4.3627 of 5 stars
$327.59
-1.1%
$342.50
+4.6%
+19.8%$5.50B$858.61M39.142,400Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
ESI
Element Solutions
4.6507 of 5 stars
$22.44
+0.4%
$26.38
+17.5%
-9.2%$5.44B$2.48B22.005,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AVNT
Avient
4.4844 of 5 stars
$37.43
-0.9%
$46.80
+25.0%
-17.1%$3.43B$3.24B20.459,700Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.6636 of 5 stars
$33.63
+0.2%
$48.25
+43.5%
-36.0%$2.27B$3.70B14.561,300Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.5956 of 5 stars
$11.81
-0.7%
$15.50
+31.2%
+57.6%$1.74B$573.95M-84.35240Positive News
CC
Chemours
4.5451 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
2.152 of 5 stars
$42.36
-1.4%
$52.75
+24.5%
-8.3%$1.54B$1.35B-3.582,050Positive News
Gap Down
BAK
Braskem
2.253 of 5 stars
$3.70
+2.5%
$9.75
+163.5%
-45.5%$1.47B$78.95B-1.048,310Short Interest ↓
UAN
CVR Partners
3.2831 of 5 stars
$83.52
+1.9%
N/A+1.3%$1.43B$540.53M14.50300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
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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