RS vs. CE, ALB, BG, GFI, WLK, SUZ, SQM, CF, IP, and WRK
Should you be buying Reliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reliance include Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Bunge Global (BG), Gold Fields (GFI), Westlake (WLK), Suzano (SUZ), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), CF Industries (CF), International Paper (IP), and WestRock (WRK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Reliance (NYSE:RS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Reliance had 14 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Reliance and 13 mentions for Celanese. Reliance's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Celanese's score of 0.19 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celanese received 194 more outperform votes than Reliance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.03% of users gave Reliance an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Reliance pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reliance pays out 20.6% 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. Reliance has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Celanese has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Reliance. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $149.56, suggesting a potential downside of 8.43%. Reliance has a consensus target price of $362.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Celanese's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Reliance is more favorable than Celanese.
98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Reliance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Reliance shares are held by company 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.
Celanese has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reliance has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Celanese's net margin of 8.67%. Celanese's return on equity of 16.26% beat Reliance's return on equity.
Summary
Reliance beats Celanese on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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