WLK vs. LYB, NEU, CCJ, RS, MT, PKX, WPM, STLD, FNV, and CE
Should you be buying Westlake stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), NewMarket (NEU), Cameco (CCJ), Reliance (RS), ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Celanese (CE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Westlake shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LyondellBasell Industries received 286 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Westlake pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Westlake has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 5.16% compared to Westlake's net margin of 3.82%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 21.89% beat Westlake's return on equity.
In the previous week, Westlake had 1 more articles in the media than LyondellBasell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Westlake and 8 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Westlake's score of 0.53 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake currently has a consensus price target of $141.21, indicating a potential downside of 5.99%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus price target of $103.82, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Given LyondellBasell Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LyondellBasell Industries is more favorable than Westlake.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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