Venator Materials (VNTRQ) Competitors

Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALTM or VNTRQ?

27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Venator Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ALTM or VNTRQ?

Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadium Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcadium Lithium	$1.21B	5.21	$86.15M	$0.08	73.06
Venator Materials	$2.17B	12.31	-$188M	-$3.28	-76.22

Is ALTM or VNTRQ more profitable?

Arcadium Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 0.00% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadium Lithium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Venator Materials	-18.19%	-47.15%	-8.22%

Which has more volatility and risk, ALTM or VNTRQ?

Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALTM or VNTRQ?

Arcadium Lithium received 2 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcadium Lithium	Outperform Votes 2 15.38%	Underperform Votes 11 84.62%
Venator Materials	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer ALTM or VNTRQ?

In the previous week, Arcadium Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Venator Materials'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Arcadium Lithium	Neutral
Venator Materials	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ALTM or VNTRQ?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcadium Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Venator Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Arcadium Lithium beats Venator Materials on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.