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Arcadium Lithium (ALTM) Competitors

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$4.85 -0.03 (-0.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

ALTM vs. AXTA, CSWI, ICL, ESI, MEOH, CC, PCT, PRM, BAK, and NGVT

Should you be buying Arcadium Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcadium Lithium include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), CSW Industrials (CSWI), ICL Group (ICL), Element Solutions (ESI), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Braskem (BAK), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Arcadium Lithium vs.

Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Arcadium Lithium presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 126.80%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.55%. Given Arcadium Lithium's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Arcadium Lithium is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arcadium Lithium
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Axalta Coating Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 24.92% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arcadium LithiumN/A N/A N/A
Axalta Coating Systems 6.22%24.92%6.25%

Axalta Coating Systems received 521 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Arcadium LithiumOutperform Votes
2
15.38%
Underperform Votes
11
84.62%
Axalta Coating SystemsOutperform Votes
523
63.47%
Underperform Votes
301
36.53%

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 20 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 3 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of -0.04 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arcadium Lithium
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Axalta Coating Systems
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Axalta Coating Systems. Arcadium Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arcadium Lithium$1.21B4.32$290.42M$0.2717.96
Axalta Coating Systems$5.26B1.43$267.40M$1.4823.24

Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Arcadium Lithium on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALTM vs. The Competition

MetricArcadium LithiumSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.22B$8.35B$2.81B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A3.54%5.16%3.60%
P/E Ratio17.96301.20111.9841.28
Price / Sales4.32483.37785,102.3817.60
Price / CashN/A18.6924.1521.28
Price / BookN/A5.243.395.32
Net Income$290.42M$142.91M$153.08M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-5.64%-1.80%-2.90%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-8.14%-2.78%1.39%-3.68%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-17.36%17.70%12.14%

Arcadium Lithium Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
3.1321 of 5 stars
$4.85
-0.6%
$11.00
+126.8%
N/A$5.22B$1.21B17.961,470News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5616 of 5 stars
$37.91
-0.8%
$42.45
+12.0%
+2.7%$8.27B$5.18B25.8312,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.6177 of 5 stars
$391.22
+0.7%
$437.50
+11.8%
+76.4%$6.58B$792.84M52.812,600Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ICL
ICL Group
2.1106 of 5 stars
$4.96
-2.7%
$4.00
-19.4%
-1.6%$6.52B$6.93B15.9713,350Positive News
ESI
Element Solutions
4.4412 of 5 stars
$26.83
-1.7%
$31.40
+17.0%
+11.6%$6.50B$2.33B24.595,300Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.2198 of 5 stars
$46.00
+0.6%
$57.25
+24.5%
-3.0%$3.10B$3.69B21.361,451Ex-Dividend
Positive News
CC
Chemours
4.1163 of 5 stars
$18.96
-0.4%
$24.88
+31.2%
-41.5%$2.83B$6.03B38.086,200
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.1771 of 5 stars
$12.07
+2.7%
$10.60
-12.2%
+194.8%$2.09BN/A-7.83146
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.3354 of 5 stars
$12.96
+1.1%
$14.50
+11.9%
+197.2%$1.90B$322.11M0.00240Positive News
BAK
Braskem
2.3928 of 5 stars
$4.19
-1.9%
$9.75
+132.7%
-50.2%$1.89B$74.95B-1.208,310
NGVT
Ingevity
3.7688 of 5 stars
$45.83
flat
$52.17
+13.8%
-10.3%$1.67B$1.48B-2.931,700

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This page (NYSE:ALTM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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