Clariant (CLZNY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Clariant AG is a Switzerland-based specialty chemicals company that develops, manufactures and markets chemical products used in a broad range of industrial and consumer applications. Its offerings include specialty ingredients, surfactants, emulsifiers, preservatives, performance additives, catalysts and adsorbents.

The company serves customers in markets such as personal and home care, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, coatings, plastics, automotive, energy and industrial manufacturing. Clariant’s catalysts and adsorbents support chemical processing and purification, while its care chemicals and additives are used to improve the performance, stability or functionality of finished products.

Clariant was formed in 1995 through the spin-off of the specialty chemicals businesses of Sandoz. Headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland, the company serves customers through operations and sales activities across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Its shares trade on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and its American depositary securities trade over the counter in the United States under the symbol CLZNY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.18 to $13.18
• 50-Day Range: $12.28 to $13.54
• 52-Week Range: $8.45 to $13.96
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 731 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 28.27
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Clariant Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Clariant scored higher than 17% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Clariant has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Clariant has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Clariant is 28.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Clariant is 28.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.61.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Clariant has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.09, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Clariant has recently increased by 933.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Clariant does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Clariant does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Clariant is 283.11%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Clariant has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Clariant this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Clariant insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.22% of the stock of Clariant is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:CLZNY
• CIK: 1366235
• Web: www.clariant.com
• Phone: (161) 469-5111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,281
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A