ALB vs. IFF, RPM, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, SXT, IOSP, and MTX
Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Albemarle vs.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 13 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 1 mentions for Albemarle. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Albemarle's score of 0.50 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albemarle currently has a consensus price target of $115.65, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus price target of $109.23, suggesting a potential upside of 28.71%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Albemarle.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Albemarle pays out -9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -17.6% 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. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Albemarle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a net margin of -20.33% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -28.80%. International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity of 7.16% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Albemarle received 283 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 60.15% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats Albemarle on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
