ECL vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, FCX, VALE, APD, NEM, RIO, SCCO, NUE, and DOW
Should you be buying Ecolab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecolab include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Southern Copper (SCCO), Nucor (NUE), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) and Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Ecolab has a net margin of 10.01% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Ecolab's return on equity of 20.56% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ecolab had 46 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Ecolab and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Ecolab's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Venator Materials' score of 0.00 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecolab received 729 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ecolab has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecolab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ecolab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ecolab presently has a consensus target price of $236.88, indicating a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Ecolab's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Ecolab has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ecolab beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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