ALTM vs. ICL, AXTA, ESI, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, NGVT, BAK, and PRM
Should you be buying Arcadium Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcadium Lithium include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), and Perimeter Solutions (PRM). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Arcadium Lithium vs.
ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. ICL Group's return on equity of 8.31% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.
ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Arcadium Lithium pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 102.7%. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcadium Lithium pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadium Lithium. ICL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadium Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ICL Group had 5 more articles in the media than Arcadium Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ICL Group and 0 mentions for Arcadium Lithium. ICL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that ICL Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ICL Group received 249 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote.
ICL Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Arcadium Lithium has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.20%. Given Arcadium Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcadium Lithium is more favorable than ICL Group.
ICL Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ICL Group beats Arcadium Lithium on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALTM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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