ECL vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, FCX, VALE, APD, NEM, RIO, NUE, DOW, and SCCO
Should you be buying Ecolab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecolab include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), and Southern Copper (SCCO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) and Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) 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 media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Ecolab has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecolab has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecolab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecolab received 728 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Ecolab had 33 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ecolab and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Ecolab's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Venator Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecolab has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Ecolab's return on equity of 19.36% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
Ecolab currently has a consensus price target of $231.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.29%. Given Ecolab's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Venator Materials.
74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ecolab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ecolab beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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