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NYSE:UNVR

Univar Solutions - UNVR Competitors

$35.08
+0.17 (+0.49%)
(As of 03/31/2023 11:08 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$35.00
$35.11
50-Day Range
$31.17
$35.44
52-Week Range
$21.49
$35.61
Volume
2.52 million shs
Average Volume
2.69 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.53 billion
P/E Ratio
10.83
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$36.00

UNVR vs. ASH, HUN, CC, BCPC, OLN, LTHM, NGVT, IOSP, FMC, and CMC

Should you be buying Univar Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Univar Solutions include Ashland (ASH), Huntsman (HUN), Chemours (CC), Balchem (BCPC), Olin (OLN), Livent (LTHM), Ingevity (NGVT), Innospec (IOSP), FMC (FMC), and Commercial Metals (CMC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Univar Solutions vs.

Ashland (NYSE:ASH) and Univar Solutions (NYSE:UNVR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Univar Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than Ashland. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Univar Solutions and 3 mentions for Ashland. Univar Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Ashland's score of 0.12 indicating that Univar Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ashland
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Univar Solutions
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ashland currently has a consensus price target of $128.13, indicating a potential upside of 25.29%. Univar Solutions has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Ashland's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashland is more favorable than Univar Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ashland
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Univar Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Ashland has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Univar Solutions. Ashland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Univar Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashland$2.40 billion2.31$927 million$16.116.35
Univar Solutions$11.48 billion0.48$545.30 million$3.2410.77

Ashland has a net margin of 38.23% compared to Univar Solutions' net margin of 4.75%. Univar Solutions' return on equity of 22.44% beat Ashland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ashland 38.23% 9.82% 5.04%
Univar Solutions 4.75% 22.44% 7.84%

92.2% of Ashland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Univar Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Ashland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Univar Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ashland received 322 more outperform votes than Univar Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.66% of users gave Ashland an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Univar Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AshlandOutperform Votes
578
70.66%
Underperform Votes
240
29.34%
Univar SolutionsOutperform Votes
256
56.89%
Underperform Votes
194
43.11%

Ashland has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Univar Solutions has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ashland beats Univar Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UNVR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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UNVR vs. The Competition

MetricUnivar SolutionsChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.50B$6.57B$2.69B$14.47B
Dividend YieldN/A2.08%4.77%3.88%
P/E Ratio10.7711.4488.5523.19
Price / Sales0.489.8777,138.6610.51
Price / Cash7.528.3125.3224.51
Price / Book2.282.333.026.81
Net Income$545.30M$363.76M$389.38M$868.28M
7 Day Performance0.75%6.54%1.78%2.91%
1 Month Performance0.46%-2.73%1.74%-4.83%
1 Year Performance8.62%-13.81%-9.07%-12.88%

Univar Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASH
Ashland
2.885 of 5 stars
$100.97
+0.7%
$128.13
+26.9%
+2.9%$5.48B$2.39B6.273,900Short Interest ↓
HUN
Huntsman
2.571 of 5 stars
$26.87
flat
$31.67
+17.9%
-29.7%$4.94B$8.02B12.447,000Short Interest ↑
CC
Chemours
2.9099 of 5 stars
$29.78
+1.6%
$36.33
+22.0%
-8.1%$4.43B$6.79B8.346,600
BCPC
Balchem
2.7305 of 5 stars
$125.16
+0.3%
$140.00
+11.9%
-9.3%$4.03B$942.36M38.511,340Short Interest ↑
OLN
Olin
2.6904 of 5 stars
$54.44
+2.0%
$64.00
+17.6%
+2.9%$7.12B$9.38B6.157,780
LTHM
Livent
2.8894 of 5 stars
$21.58
+0.4%
$30.21
+40.0%
-16.8%$3.86B$813.20M15.991,350
NGVT
Ingevity
2.7265 of 5 stars
$69.89
+1.7%
$88.00
+25.9%
+7.4%$2.60B$1.67B12.752,050
IOSP
Innospec
0 of 5 stars
$101.75
-0.4%
N/A+8.6%$2.52B$1.96B19.132,100Positive News
FMC
FMC
2.7044 of 5 stars
$120.97
+1.4%
$144.08
+19.1%
-8.8%$15.14B$5.80B20.796,600
CMC
Commercial Metals
2.4698 of 5 stars
$47.53
+2.1%
$52.86
+11.2%
+17.0%$5.57B$8.91B5.4912,483Short Interest ↑
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This page (NYSE:UNVR) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff