ECL vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, VALE, FCX, APD, NEM, RIO, DOW, NUE, and SCCO
Should you be buying Ecolab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecolab include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Vale (VALE), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), DOW (DOW), Nucor (NUE), and Southern Copper (SCCO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) and Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Ecolab had 14 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ecolab and 1 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Ecolab's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ecolab has a net margin of 10.01% compared to Ecolab's net margin of -18.19%. Venator Materials' return on equity of 20.56% beat Ecolab's return on equity.
Ecolab has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecolab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecolab has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecolab has a consensus price target of $236.88, suggesting a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Venator Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Ecolab received 729 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ecolab shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ecolab beats Venator Materials on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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