WRK vs. OLN, TX, GGB, RGLD, AXTA, SBSW, ICL, WFG, X, and AU
Should you be buying WestRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WestRock include Olin (OLN), Ternium (TX), Gerdau (GGB), Royal Gold (RGLD), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), ICL Group (ICL), West Fraser Timber (WFG), United States Steel (X), and AngloGold Ashanti (AU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
WestRock vs.
WestRock (NYSE:WRK) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
WestRock pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. WestRock pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olin pays out 9.0% 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.
WestRock has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Olin has a net margin of 14.15% compared to WestRock's net margin of 3.80%. Olin's return on equity of 50.19% beat WestRock's return on equity.
WestRock received 27 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.72% of users gave WestRock an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
WestRock presently has a consensus target price of $33.57, indicating a potential upside of 17.34%. Olin has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Olin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Olin is more favorable than WestRock.
In the previous week, WestRock and WestRock both had 8 articles in the media. WestRock's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Olin's score of 0.21 indicating that WestRock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WestRock. Olin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WestRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.1% of WestRock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of WestRock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Olin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Olin beats WestRock on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WRK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
WestRock Competitors List
