WLK vs. ALTM, VNTRQ, CCJ, MT, STLD, CE, RS, SUZ, CF, and FNV
Should you be buying Westlake stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake include Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Cameco (CCJ), ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Celanese (CE), Reliance (RS), Suzano (SUZ), CF Industries (CF), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Westlake had 21 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Westlake and 2 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. Arcadium Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Westlake's score of 0.63 indicating that Arcadium Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake currently has a consensus target price of $147.93, indicating a potential downside of 5.67%. Given Westlake's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Westlake is more favorable than Arcadium Lithium.
Westlake has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of 6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 126.6%. Westlake pays out 100.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Arcadium Lithium pays out 379.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Westlake has a net margin of 2.13% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Westlake's return on equity of 7.69% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.
28.4% of Westlake shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Westlake shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arcadium Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westlake. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westlake received 452 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
Summary
Westlake beats Arcadium Lithium on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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