ALB vs. IFF, RPM, NEU, BCPC, CE, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR
Should you be buying Albemarle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albemarle include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Celanese (CE), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Albemarle vs.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Albemarle received 276 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.14% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Albemarle pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out 170.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Albemarle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Flavors & Fragrances, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Albemarle presently has a consensus price target of $98.70, indicating a potential upside of 72.19%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus price target of $98.23, indicating a potential upside of 33.77%. Given Albemarle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity of 7.72% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, International Flavors & Fragrances had 25 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances and 7 mentions for Albemarle. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Albemarle's score of 0.13 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats Albemarle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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