TG vs. KRO, KOP, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, LWLG, DRD, VZLA, and TGB
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), DRDGOLD (DRD), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), and Taseko Mines (TGB). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
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.
Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tredegar pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Kronos Worldwide pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tredegar pays out -31.0% 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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Tredegar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tredegar has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. Given Kronos Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Tredegar.
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. Tredegar's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of 0.36 indicating that Tredegar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kronos Worldwide beats Tredegar on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TG) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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