HUN vs. OLN, FMC, CC, BCPC, ASH, IOSP, NGVT, HWKN, PRM, and NXE
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Olin (OLN), FMC (FMC), Chemours (CC), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Ingevity (NGVT), Hawkins (HWKN), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and NexGen Energy (NXE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Olin has higher revenue and earnings than Huntsman. Olin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Olin pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out 188.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Huntsman has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Olin has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Olin's net margin of 1.65%. Huntsman's return on equity of 14.47% beat Olin's return on equity.
Olin has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntsman received 137 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.56% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Olin presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $26.55, indicating a potential upside of 6.44%. Given Huntsman's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Olin is more favorable than Huntsman.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 17 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Huntsman and 29 mentions for Olin. Huntsman's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Olin's score of 0.10 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Olin beats Huntsman on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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