OEC vs. CBT, WDFC, ASPI, ARQ, ZTEK, FTK, FSI, ESI, CRS, and VVV
Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Flotek Industries (FTK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Element Solutions (ESI), Carpenter Technology (CRS), and Valvoline (VVV).
Cabot (NYSE:CBT) and Orion (NYSE:OEC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Cabot currently has a consensus price target of $93.67, suggesting a potential downside of 6.08%. Orion has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.62%. Given Cabot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Orion is more favorable than Cabot.
In the previous week, Cabot had 2 more articles in the media than Orion. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cabot and 4 mentions for Orion. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Orion's score of 0.55 indicating that Orion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cabot received 116 more outperform votes than Orion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Orion an outperform vote.
Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cabot pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orion pays out 5.4% 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. Cabot has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
93.2% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Cabot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Orion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cabot has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cabot has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Cabot's net margin of 4.64%. Orion's return on equity of 26.21% beat Cabot's return on equity.
Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cabot beats Orion on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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