FMC vs. OLN, HUN, BCPC, ASH, CC, IOSP, KGC, CLF, RGLD, and TX
Should you be buying FMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FMC include Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), Chemours (CC), Innospec (IOSP), Kinross Gold (KGC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Royal Gold (RGLD), and Ternium (TX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olin (NYSE:OLN) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, FMC had 47 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for FMC and 5 mentions for Olin. FMC's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Olin's score of 0.37 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Olin currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.32%. FMC has a consensus target price of $71.69, indicating a potential upside of 7.24%. Given FMC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than FMC.
FMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Olin. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FMC has a net margin of 29.45% compared to FMC's net margin of 5.32%. FMC's return on equity of 14.47% beat Olin's return on equity.
88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Olin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Olin pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FMC pays out 22.0% 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. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
FMC received 226 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
Olin has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Olin and FMC tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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