Ashland (ASH) Competitors $70.59 -0.98 (-1.37%) (As of 10:58 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends ASH vs. ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, SXT, IOSP, KWR, MTX, and SCLShould you be buying Ashland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashland include Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry. Ashland vs. Albemarle Celanese Balchem NewMarket H.B. Fuller Sensient Technologies Innospec Quaker Chemical Minerals Technologies Stepan Ashland (NYSE:ASH) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ASH or ALB? 93.9% of Ashland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ashland shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate ASH or ALB? Ashland presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.50%. Albemarle has a consensus target price of $115.74, indicating a potential upside of 35.05%. Given Ashland's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ashland is more favorable than Albemarle.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ashland 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71Albemarle 1 Sell rating(s) 15 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.23 Is ASH or ALB a better dividend stock? Ashland pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ashland pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out -9.7% 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. Ashland has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Albemarle has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Is ASH or ALB more profitable? Ashland has a net margin of 7.95% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -28.80%. Ashland's return on equity of 7.43% beat Albemarle's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ashland7.95% 7.43% 3.85% Albemarle -28.80%1.67%0.84% Which has more risk and volatility, ASH or ALB? Ashland has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to ASH or ALB? In the previous week, Ashland had 6 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ashland and 5 mentions for Albemarle. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Ashland's score of -0.12 indicating that Albemarle is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Ashland 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Albemarle 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ASH or ALB? Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Ashland. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAshland$2.11B1.57$169M$3.3521.07Albemarle$6.50B1.55$1.57B-$16.75-5.12 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASH or ALB? Albemarle received 178 more outperform votes than Ashland when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Ashland an outperform vote while only 62.82% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAshlandOutperform Votes59668.35% Underperform Votes27631.65% AlbemarleOutperform Votes77462.82% Underperform Votes45837.18% SummaryAshland beats Albemarle on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyKamala’s final humiliation The investments connected to Trump's second term in ways that almost nobody outside his inner circle is aware of… yet have the potential to deliver colossal returns over the next four years. I’m not talking about Tesla, Palantir, or anything else you’ve heard parroted by the mainstream financial press. No. These are Trump’s Secret Stocks. It’s all waiting for you here. Get Ashland News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ASH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAshlandChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.33B$4.97B$2.83B$19.02BDividend Yield2.25%2.82%5.05%3.63%P/E Ratio21.0717.87108.0739.88Price / Sales1.5755.09859,204.4518.67Price / Cash7.2611.1024.4821.25Price / Book1.203.483.435.23Net Income$169M$232.63M$152.95M$988.83M7 Day Performance-1.15%-0.53%-0.01%-0.11%1 Month Performance-9.57%-7.55%-1.37%-5.86%1 Year Performance-16.27%-1.83%17.08%10.71% Ashland Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASHAshland4.8379 of 5 stars$70.59-1.4%$102.00+44.5%-15.1%$3.33B$2.11B21.073,200ALBAlbemarle4.2546 of 5 stars$88.90+0.3%$115.74+30.2%-38.9%$10.45B$6.50B-5.319,000CECelanese4.9837 of 5 stars$68.75+0.7%$110.50+60.7%-55.7%$7.52B$10.48B6.9212,410Short Interest ↑BCPCBalchem4.5789 of 5 stars$164.82-0.4%$190.00+15.3%+11.0%$5.36B$942.38M44.311,302Short Interest ↑NEUNewMarket1.8323 of 5 stars$523.87+0.0%N/A-2.5%$5.03B$2.78B11.632,000Short Interest ↑FULH.B. Fuller4.0984 of 5 stars$67.60-0.8%$92.75+37.2%-16.9%$3.69B$3.55B20.867,200Short Interest ↑SXTSensient Technologies3.6024 of 5 stars$72.52-1.1%$85.00+17.2%+9.3%$3.07B$1.53B34.703,956Short Interest ↑News CoverageIOSPInnospec2.9273 of 5 stars$108.73-0.9%N/A-10.2%$2.71B$1.87B18.982,400Short Interest ↑Positive NewsKWRQuaker Chemical4.6502 of 5 stars$137.78-0.6%$187.33+36.0%-34.2%$2.45B$1.86B20.204,400Positive NewsMTXMinerals Technologies3.3642 of 5 stars$75.96+0.4%N/A+7.8%$2.42B$2.12B16.094,070Positive NewsSCLStepan3.8987 of 5 stars$66.61-0.8%N/A-31.0%$1.50B$2.19B33.142,389 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Albemarle Alternatives Celanese Alternatives Balchem Alternatives NewMarket Alternatives H.B. 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