IFF vs. SHW, ECL, CE, ALB, RPM, NEU, ASH, BCPC, FUL, and KWR
Should you be buying International Flavors & Fragrances stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Flavors & Fragrances include Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sherwin-Williams currently has a consensus target price of $344.41, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus target price of $94.41, indicating a potential downside of 1.84%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Sherwin-Williams has a net margin of 10.52% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of -22.01%. International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity of 73.74% beat Sherwin-Williams' return on equity.
Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sherwin-Williams pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -16.4% 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. Sherwin-Williams has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sherwin-Williams has higher revenue and earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherwin-Williams, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sherwin-Williams had 1 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sherwin-Williams and 10 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Sherwin-Williams' score of 0.93 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sherwin-Williams received 393 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.30% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote while only 59.92% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Summary
Sherwin-Williams beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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