OEC vs. ALTM, FSM, GPRE, KRO, SA, CGAU, DQ, SLCA, WS, and HWKN
Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Green Plains (GPRE), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Seabridge Gold (SA), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Daqo New Energy (DQ), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Worthington Steel (WS), and Hawkins (HWKN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and Orion (NYSE:OEC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Orion received 270 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Orion an outperform vote.
Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Orion. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orion has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Orion's net margin of 0.00%. Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 21.07% beat Orion's return on equity.
Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of 6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 126.6%. Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. 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. Orion pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Orion has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Arcadium Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.
In the previous week, Orion had 12 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Orion and 3 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. Arcadium Lithium's average media sentiment score of -0.03 beat Orion's score of -0.30 indicating that Orion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Orion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Orion beats Arcadium Lithium on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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