LYB vs. WLK, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, IFF, NEU, MEOH, and BAK
Should you be buying LyondellBasell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LyondellBasell Industries include Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), and Braskem (BAK).
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Westlake has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake presently has a consensus target price of $151.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.95%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus target price of $105.08, indicating a potential upside of 5.70%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LyondellBasell Industries is more favorable than Westlake.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westlake has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and LyondellBasell Industries has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. LyondellBasell Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 5.20% compared to LyondellBasell Industries' net margin of 2.13%. Westlake's return on equity of 19.31% beat LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity.
LyondellBasell Industries received 286 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 2 mentions for Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Westlake's score of 0.88 indicating that Westlake is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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