NEU vs. SXT, MEOH, WLK, CRS, ALTM, VVV, BCPC, CBT, ASH, and ESI
Should you be buying NewMarket stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewMarket include Sensient Technologies (SXT), Methanex (MEOH), Westlake (WLK), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Valvoline (VVV), Balchem (BCPC), Cabot (CBT), Ashland (ASH), and Element Solutions (ESI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) and Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
61.1% of NewMarket shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of NewMarket shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NewMarket had 2 more articles in the media than Sensient Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NewMarket and 4 mentions for Sensient Technologies. NewMarket's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Sensient Technologies' score of 1.09 indicating that NewMarket is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NewMarket has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sensient Technologies has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.29%. Given Sensient Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sensient Technologies is more favorable than NewMarket.
Sensient Technologies received 74 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.14% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
NewMarket has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Sensient Technologies' net margin of 6.16%. NewMarket's return on equity of 38.99% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.
NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. NewMarket pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensient Technologies pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
NewMarket has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. NewMarket is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NewMarket beats Sensient Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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