KOP vs. HWKN, KRO, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, EVA, TREX, LPX, and MEOH
Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Enviva (EVA), Trex (TREX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), and Methanex (MEOH).
Koppers (NYSE:KOP) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Koppers pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawkins pays out 17.8% 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.
Hawkins has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Koppers' net margin of 3.59%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.41% beat Koppers' return on equity.
Koppers received 123 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.
92.8% of Koppers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Koppers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Koppers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 5 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hawkins and 4 mentions for Koppers. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Koppers' score of 1.07 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Koppers currently has a consensus price target of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.49%. Hawkins has a consensus price target of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.74%. Given Koppers' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Koppers is more favorable than Hawkins.
Koppers has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Koppers beats Hawkins on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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