SXT vs. RPM, ALB, NEU, CE, BCPC, FUL, ASH, IOSP, KWR, and MTX
Should you be buying Sensient Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensient Technologies include RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sensient Technologies vs.
RPM International (NYSE:RPM) and Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
RPM International pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. RPM International pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensient Technologies pays out 54.3% 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. RPM International has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years. RPM International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
80.9% of RPM International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of RPM International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RPM International presently has a consensus price target of $124.55, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. Sensient Technologies has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.53%. Given RPM International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe RPM International is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
RPM International has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RPM International has a net margin of 8.89% compared to Sensient Technologies' net margin of 8.01%. RPM International's return on equity of 26.76% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.
RPM International received 156 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.45% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.
RPM International has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. RPM International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RPM International had 5 more articles in the media than Sensient Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RPM International and 4 mentions for Sensient Technologies. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat RPM International's score of 0.69 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
RPM International beats Sensient Technologies on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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