RS vs. CE, WLK, MT, SUZ, BG, GFI, CCJ, CF, STLD, and ALB
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Celanese (CE), Westlake (WLK), ArcelorMittal (MT), Suzano (SUZ), Bunge Global (BG), Gold Fields (GFI), Cameco (CCJ), CF Industries (CF), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and Albemarle (ALB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Reliance (NYSE:RS) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Reliance has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese received 195 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.98% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote.
Celanese has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Reliance's net margin of 8.67%. Reliance's return on equity of 16.26% beat Celanese's return on equity.
Celanese has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Reliance. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Reliance had 40 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Reliance and 14 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Reliance's score of 0.39 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Reliance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Reliance pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 15.6% 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. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Reliance presently has a consensus target price of $362.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.68%. Celanese has a consensus target price of $149.56, suggesting a potential downside of 3.19%. Given Reliance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Reliance is more favorable than Celanese.
Summary
Reliance and Celanese tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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