SXT vs. ALB, BCPC, NEU, ASH, FUL, IOSP, KWR, MTX, SCL, and FF
Should you be buying Sensient Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensient Technologies include Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Stepan (SCL), and FutureFuel (FF). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Albemarle received 468 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sensient Technologies pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albemarle pays out 58.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Albemarle's net margin of 4.02%. Albemarle's return on equity of 14.53% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.
Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sensient Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Albemarle has a consensus price target of $145.65, suggesting a potential upside of 56.97%. Given Albemarle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
In the previous week, Sensient Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sensient Technologies and 6 mentions for Albemarle. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Albemarle's score of 0.22 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Albemarle beats Sensient Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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