Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CHYHY) Competitors

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (OTCMKTS:CHYHY) and Akzo Nobel (OTCMKTS:AKZOF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHYHY or AKZOF?

0.0% of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Akzo Nobel shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CHYHY or AKZOF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Akzo Nobel	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend CHYHY or AKZOF?

Given Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chr. Hansen Holding A/S is more favorable than Akzo Nobel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Akzo Nobel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHYHY or AKZOF?

Akzo Nobel received 3 more outperform votes than Chr. Hansen Holding A/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave Akzo Nobel an outperform vote while only 19.23% of users gave Chr. Hansen Holding A/S an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	Outperform Votes 10 19.23%	Underperform Votes 42 80.77%
Akzo Nobel	Outperform Votes 13 68.42%	Underperform Votes 6 31.58%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHYHY or AKZOF?

Akzo Nobel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chr. Hansen Holding A/S, 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
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.51	36.49
Akzo Nobel	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.39	34.68

Does the media prefer CHYHY or AKZOF?

In the previous week, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S both had 1 articles in the media. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's average media sentiment score of 0.98 equaled Akzo Nobel's average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Akzo Nobel	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S and Akzo Nobel tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.