RPM vs. IFF, CE, ALB, BCPC, NEU, ASH, FUL, SXT, KWR, and IOSP
Should you be buying RPM International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPM International include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Innospec (IOSP). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
RPM International (NYSE:RPM) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
RPM International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPM International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RPM International had 13 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for RPM International and 20 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat RPM International's score of -0.10 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RPM International has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPM International has a net margin of 7.61% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -22.01%. RPM International's return on equity of 26.72% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
International Flavors & Fragrances received 39 more outperform votes than RPM International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.
RPM International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. RPM International pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -16.4% 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. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
81.0% of RPM International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of RPM International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RPM International currently has a consensus price target of $120.55, indicating a potential upside of 1.64%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus price target of $98.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.13%. Given RPM International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RPM International is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats RPM International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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