ALTM vs. CRS, BCPC, CBT, NEU, ASH, HMY, NXE, VVV, AMR, and ESI
Should you be buying Arcadium Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcadium Lithium include Carpenter Technology (CRS), Balchem (BCPC), Cabot (CBT), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), NexGen Energy (NXE), Valvoline (VVV), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), and Element Solutions (ESI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Carpenter Technology had 17 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Carpenter Technology and 6 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. Carpenter Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.30 indicating that Carpenter Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of 6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 129.0%. Carpenter Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Arcadium Lithium pays out 379.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carpenter Technology pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Carpenter Technology has a net margin of 4.83% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Carpenter Technology's return on equity of 12.75% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.
Carpenter Technology has a consensus price target of $109.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Carpenter Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carpenter Technology is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.
27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Carpenter Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Carpenter Technology received 308 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote while only 64.24% of users gave Carpenter Technology an outperform vote.
Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carpenter Technology. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carpenter Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carpenter Technology has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carpenter Technology beats Arcadium Lithium on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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