HUN vs. OLN, FMC, CC, ASH, BCPC, IOSP, NGVT, HWKN, PRM, and FUL
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Olin (OLN), FMC (FMC), Chemours (CC), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Innospec (IOSP), Ingevity (NGVT), Hawkins (HWKN), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and H.B. Fuller (FUL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Olin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 15 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Huntsman and 8 mentions for Olin. Olin's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Huntsman's score of 0.16 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Huntsman received 137 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $26.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Olin has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.86%. Given Olin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than Huntsman.
Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Huntsman pays out -192.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olin pays out 28.8% 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. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Huntsman has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Olin has higher revenue and earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olin has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -1.49%. Olin's return on equity of 14.47% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
Summary
Olin beats Huntsman on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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