LYB vs. AEM, DD, PPG, GOLD, NTR, TECK, DOW, NUE, WPM, and FNV
Should you be buying LyondellBasell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LyondellBasell Industries include Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), DOW (DOW), Nucor (NUE), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Agnico Eagle Mines. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agnico Eagle Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Agnico Eagle Mines has a net margin of 6.79% compared to Agnico Eagle Mines' net margin of 5.20%. Agnico Eagle Mines' return on equity of 19.31% beat LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently has a consensus target price of $69.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus target price of $104.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. Given LyondellBasell Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agnico Eagle Mines is more favorable than LyondellBasell Industries.
Agnico Eagle Mines pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Agnico Eagle Mines pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LyondellBasell Industries has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. LyondellBasell Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
LyondellBasell Industries received 101 more outperform votes than Agnico Eagle Mines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.93% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Agnico Eagle Mines an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Agnico Eagle Mines had 1 more articles in the media than LyondellBasell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Agnico Eagle Mines and 38 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries. Agnico Eagle Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat LyondellBasell Industries' score of 0.77 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
68.3% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Agnico Eagle Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Agnico Eagle Mines on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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