Free Trial

ARQ (ARQ) Competitors

ARQ logo
$6.89 +0.14 (+2.07%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

ARQ vs. ECVT, ASIX, WLKP, VHI, ASPI, LXFR, SDST, SLI, AMTX, and ORGN

Should you be buying ARQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARQ include Ecovyst (ECVT), AdvanSix (ASIX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Valhi (VHI), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Luxfer (LXFR), Stardust Power (SDST), Standard Lithium (SLI), Aemetis (AMTX), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

ARQ vs.

ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to ARQ's net margin of -0.44%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.07% beat ARQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARQ-0.44% -0.25% -0.19%
Ecovyst 7.74%7.07%2.76%

Ecovyst has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Ecovyst's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ecovyst is more favorable than ARQ.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Ecovyst
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARQ$99.18M2.92-$12.25M-$0.01-689.00
Ecovyst$691.10M1.38$71.15M$0.4617.74

Ecovyst received 17 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.59% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARQOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%
EcovystOutperform Votes
17
43.59%
Underperform Votes
22
56.41%

In the previous week, ARQ had 5 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARQ and 1 mentions for Ecovyst. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Ecovyst's score of 0.00 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARQ
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ecovyst
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ARQ has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ecovyst beats ARQ on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

ARQ vs. The Competition

MetricARQchemical products IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$289.59M$1.71B$7.22B$8.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.11%2.35%4.07%
P/E Ratio-689.0017.4921.4314.16
Price / Sales2.92617.70173.4181.71
Price / CashN/A66.3628.1736.03
Price / Book1.336.294.815.94
Net Income-$12.25M$59.71M$120.67M$225.73M
7 Day Performance-0.43%8.06%10.42%-1.34%
1 Month Performance24.82%28.56%12.41%1.15%
1 Year PerformanceN/A75.93%35.25%24.02%

ARQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARQ
ARQ
1.4468 of 5 stars
$6.89
+2.1%
N/AN/A$289.59M$99.18M-689.00140Positive News
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.6162 of 5 stars
$8.18
+0.5%
N/A-13.0%$953.05M$691.10M17.78880
ASIX
AdvanSix
4.8003 of 5 stars
$30.31
+0.8%
N/A+13.6%$810.19M$1.53B21.501,450Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.5232 of 5 stars
$22.61
+0.0%
N/A+3.4%$796.57M$1.14B12.92150Ex-Dividend
VHI
Valhi
0.9704 of 5 stars
$27.32
-5.4%
N/A+87.9%$773.16M$1.92B8.762,196News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.017 of 5 stars
$8.33
+4.5%
N/A+327.6%$592.76M$430,000.00-13.2276Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LXFR
Luxfer
3.9802 of 5 stars
$14.89
+0.3%
N/A+70.5%$398.75M$405M45.121,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SDST
Stardust Power
1.2675 of 5 stars
$7.68
+0.3%
N/AN/A$366.34MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
SLI
Standard Lithium
1.8393 of 5 stars
$1.99
+1.5%
N/AN/A$343.77MN/A3.37N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
Gap Down
AMTX
Aemetis
2.0288 of 5 stars
$4.13
-10.6%
N/A-21.2%$194.92M$278.65M-1.83160Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ORGN
Origin Materials
3.4883 of 5 stars
$1.23
-1.6%
N/A+6.9%$179.27M$28.81M-13.67160News Coverage
Gap Up

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners