ESI vs. CBT, WDFC, OEC, ASPI, ARQ, FTK, ZTEK, FSI, MT, and STLD
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Flotek Industries (FTK), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), ArcelorMittal (MT), and Steel Dynamics (STLD).
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Cabot had 2 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 4 mentions for Element Solutions. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.61 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Element Solutions' net margin of 5.62%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.21% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.
Cabot received 345 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 39.62% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
Element Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. Cabot has a consensus target price of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 8.44%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Cabot.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Element Solutions pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 20.3% 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. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Cabot beats Element Solutions on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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