TG vs. KRO, KOP, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, LWLG, MUX, MTAL, and ODC
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), McEwen (MUX), MAC Copper (MTAL), and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (ODC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Tredegar vs. Its Competitors
Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and Tredegar (NYSE:TG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Kronos Worldwide had 1 more articles in the media than Tredegar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kronos Worldwide and 1 mentions for Tredegar. Kronos Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.20 equaled Tredegar'saverage media sentiment score.
Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tredegar has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Tredegar shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Tredegar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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 presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 55.47%. Given Kronos Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Tredegar.
Kronos Worldwide has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Tredegar's net margin of -9.51%. Kronos Worldwide's return on equity of 8.04% beat Tredegar's return on equity.
Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Tredegar pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Kronos Worldwide pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tredegar pays out -27.5% 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. Tredegar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:TG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
