VVV vs. KWR, NEU, CRS, ALTM, CBT, ESI, BCPC, HMY, ASH, and WFG
Should you be buying Valvoline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valvoline include Quaker Chemical (KWR), NewMarket (NEU), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Cabot (CBT), Element Solutions (ESI), Balchem (BCPC), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Ashland (ASH), and West Fraser Timber (WFG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Quaker Chemical had 3 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Quaker Chemical and 3 mentions for Valvoline. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Quaker Chemical's score of 0.42 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Valvoline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valvoline has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Quaker Chemical's net margin of 6.16%. Valvoline's return on equity of 136.59% beat Quaker Chemical's return on equity.
Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valvoline presently has a consensus target price of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.30%. Quaker Chemical has a consensus target price of $231.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.80%. Given Quaker Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quaker Chemical is more favorable than Valvoline.
Quaker Chemical received 86 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave Quaker Chemical an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.
Valvoline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quaker Chemical. Quaker Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valvoline beats Quaker Chemical on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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