ALB vs. EMN, AVNT, DD, DOW, BG, GFI, RS, SUZ, SQM, and CF
Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include Eastman Chemical (EMN), Avient (AVNT), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Bunge Global (BG), Gold Fields (GFI), Reliance (RS), Suzano (SUZ), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), and CF Industries (CF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of 4.02%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 14.53% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Albemarle received 55 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.42% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held 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.
Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $104.18, suggesting a potential upside of 3.39%. Albemarle has a consensus target price of $172.05, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out 58.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Albemarle has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Albemarle had 14 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Albemarle and 14 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 0.21 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Albemarle beats Eastman Chemical on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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