VNTR vs. FSI, WWR, LODE, UAMY, ZKIN, USAU, CGA, MGIH, GORO, and GURE
Should you be buying Venator Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Venator Materials include Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Westwater Resources (WWR), Comstock (LODE), United States Antimony (UAMY), ZK International Group (ZKIN), U.S. Gold (USAU), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Gold Resource (GORO), and Gulf Resources (GURE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) and Flexible Solutions International (NYSE:FSI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Flexible Solutions International had 3 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flexible Solutions International and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Flexible Solutions International's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Venator Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Flexible Solutions International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Venator Materials received 431 more outperform votes than Flexible Solutions International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave Venator Materials an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Flexible Solutions International an outperform vote.
29.0% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of Flexible Solutions International shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Flexible Solutions International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexible Solutions International has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexible Solutions International has a net margin of 7.24% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -8.65%. Flexible Solutions International's return on equity of 7.51% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
Flexible Solutions International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexible Solutions International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Flexible Solutions International beats Venator Materials on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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