CSWI vs. ICL, AXTA, ESI, ALTM, AVNT, MEOH, CC, NGVT, BAK, and PRM
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), and Perimeter Solutions (PRM). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
CSW Industrials vs.
ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
ICL Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.80%. CSW Industrials has a consensus target price of $379.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.53%. Given CSW Industrials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than ICL Group.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. ICL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ICL Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.53% compared to ICL Group's net margin of 5.83%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 15.72% beat ICL Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 12 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CSW Industrials and 4 mentions for ICL Group. ICL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.74 indicating that ICL Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICL Group received 4 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.53% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.
13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSW Industrials pays out 11.5% 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.
Summary
CSW Industrials beats ICL Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSWI) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
