ARQ (ARQ) Competitors $5.50 -0.17 (-3.00%) Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.50 +0.00 (+0.09%) As of 02/21/2025 05:35 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ARQ vs. ECVT, WLKP, OEC, ASIX, VHI, LXFR, ASPI, SLI, TSE, and ADURShould you be buying ARQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARQ include Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Orion (OEC), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Standard Lithium (SLI), Trinseo (TSE), and Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry. ARQ vs. Ecovyst Westlake Chemical Partners Orion AdvanSix Valhi Luxfer ASP Isotopes Standard Lithium Trinseo Aduro Clean Technologies ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability. Which has more risk & volatility, ARQ or ECVT? ARQ has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARQ or ECVT? Ecovyst received 17 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARQOutperform Votes375.00% Underperform Votes125.00% EcovystOutperform Votes2047.62% Underperform Votes2252.38% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARQ or ECVT? 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 RatioARQ$99.18M2.33-$12.25M-$0.01-550.00Ecovyst$691.10M1.36$71.15M$0.4617.58 Do analysts rate ARQ or ECVT? ARQ presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.73%. Ecovyst has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.78%. Given ARQ's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARQ is more favorable than Ecovyst.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ARQ 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Ecovyst 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is ARQ or ECVT more profitable? 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% Does the media refer more to ARQ or ECVT? In the previous week, Ecovyst had 1 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ecovyst and 1 mentions for ARQ. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat ARQ's score of 0.06 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment ARQ 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Ecovyst 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARQ or ECVT? 18.5% of ARQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryEcovyst beats ARQ on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get ARQ News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ARQ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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 ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 Export to ExcelMetricARQchemical products IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$238.32M$1.62B$7.94B$9.14BDividend YieldN/A1.34%2.22%3.85%P/E Ratio-550.0018.8733.2419.11Price / Sales2.33612.1265.2676.36Price / CashN/A72.0331.6834.83Price / Book1.025.325.414.62Net Income-$12.25M$65.82M$187.27M$245.85M7 Day Performance-6.94%-5.82%-2.11%-2.61%1 Month Performance-17.54%-8.41%-0.86%-2.14%1 Year Performance68.20%45.95%19.84%12.98% ARQ Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARQARQ2.6543 of 5 stars$5.50-3.0%$9.50+72.7%+64.2%$238.32M$99.18M-550.00140ECVTEcovyst4.4055 of 5 stars$8.22+0.2%$10.25+24.8%-16.6%$957.13M$691.10M17.86880News CoverageWLKPWestlake Chemical Partners3.8909 of 5 stars$23.64+0.4%N/A+9.7%$833.07M$1.19B13.51150Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeOECOrion4.0721 of 5 stars$14.42+1.5%$23.50+63.0%-36.2%$832.38M$1.89B27.211,650Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsASIXAdvanSix4.7756 of 5 stars$29.68-0.2%$39.50+33.1%+9.2%$793.32M$1.53B21.051,450Earnings ReportNews CoverageVHIValhi1.4949 of 5 stars$19.62+1.0%$20.00+1.9%+49.3%$555.30M$1.92B6.292,196News CoverageLXFRLuxfer3.4259 of 5 stars$14.21-3.4%N/A+80.2%$380.54M$405M43.061,400Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradePositive NewsASPIASP Isotopes0.6679 of 5 stars$5.29-7.2%$4.50-14.9%+54.0%$377.65M$430,000.00-8.6776SLIStandard Lithium2.1959 of 5 stars$1.50-2.6%$3.95+163.3%N/A$259.13MN/A2.54N/ATSETrinseo0.7733 of 5 stars$5.16+7.3%N/A+24.5%$182.63M$3.68B-0.373,100ADURAduro Clean TechnologiesN/A$5.54+2.8%N/AN/A$157.56MN/A0.00N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ECVT Alternatives WLKP Alternatives OEC Alternatives ASIX Alternatives VHI Alternatives LXFR Alternatives ASPI Alternatives SLI Alternatives TSE Alternatives ADUR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s “New Gold”MIT scientists just developed a brand-new metal… A metal that’s shaping up to be, not only the biggest brea...True Market Insiders | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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