Treatt (TET) Competitors

Elementis (LON:ELM) and Treatt (LON:TET) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ELM or TET?

Treatt has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elementis. Elementis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Treatt, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elementis	£732.20M	1.07	-£34.70M	-£0.04	-3,310.00
Treatt	£143.55M	2.14	£11.31M	£0.18	2,811.11

Is ELM or TET more profitable?

Treatt has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Elementis' net margin of -5.22%. Treatt's return on equity of 8.46% beat Elementis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elementis	-5.22%	-4.27%	4.49%
Treatt	7.88%	8.46%	6.72%

Is ELM or TET a better dividend stock?

Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Treatt pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Elementis pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Treatt pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elementis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ELM or TET?

73.7% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Treatt shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Elementis shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Treatt shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ELM or TET?

Elementis has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Treatt has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ELM or TET?

In the previous week, Elementis had 4 more articles in the media than Treatt. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elementis and 0 mentions for Treatt. Treatt's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Elementis' score of 0.46 indicating that Treatt is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Elementis	Neutral
Treatt	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELM or TET?

Elementis received 334 more outperform votes than Treatt when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.83% of users gave Treatt an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elementis	Outperform Votes 493 65.73%	Underperform Votes 257 34.27%
Treatt	Outperform Votes 159 68.83%	Underperform Votes 72 31.17%

Do analysts prefer ELM or TET?

Elementis presently has a consensus price target of GBX 173.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.92%. Treatt has a consensus price target of GBX 655, suggesting a potential upside of 29.45%. Given Elementis' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Elementis is more favorable than Treatt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elementis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Treatt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Treatt beats Elementis on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.