TG vs. KRO, KOP, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, LWLG, SCL, ANDE, and ARMN
Should you be buying Tredegar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tredegar include Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Stepan (SCL), Andersons (ANDE), and Aris Mining (ARMN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Tredegar vs. Its Competitors
Tredegar (NYSE:TG) and Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
79.2% of Tredegar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Tredegar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by 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.
Kronos Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Tredegar. Tredegar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kronos Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kronos Worldwide has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.50%. Given Kronos Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Tredegar.
Kronos Worldwide has a net margin of 5.07% compared to Tredegar's net margin of -8.35%. Kronos Worldwide's return on equity of 11.71% beat Tredegar's return on equity.
Tredegar has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tredegar had 1 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tredegar and 2 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Tredegar's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of -0.32 indicating that Tredegar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kronos Worldwide beats Tredegar on 10 of the 15 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:TG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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