SLI vs. ECVT, TROX, WLKP, ASIX, OEC, ASPI, VHI, LXFR, ADUR, and ARQ
Should you be buying Standard Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Lithium include Ecovyst (ECVT), Tronox (TROX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), and ARQ (ARQ). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Standard Lithium vs. Its Competitors
Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Ecovyst received 21 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 51.11% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote.
Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Standard Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.07% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Standard Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $4.40, suggesting a potential upside of 143.77%. Ecovyst has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.15%. Given Standard Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Ecovyst.
In the previous week, Ecovyst had 4 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ecovyst and 1 mentions for Standard Lithium. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Ecovyst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Standard Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ecovyst. Ecovyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ecovyst beats Standard Lithium on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SLI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
