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BAK vs. CSW, AVNT, PRM, MEOH, PCT, CC, NGVT, UAN, ECVT, and WLKP

Should you be buying Braskem stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braskem include CSW Industrials (CSW), Avient (AVNT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Braskem vs. Its Competitors

Braskem (NYSE:BAK) and CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) are both chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Braskem currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 124.22%. CSW Industrials has a consensus price target of $319.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Braskem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Braskem is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Braskem
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
CSW Industrials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

CSW Industrials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braskem. Braskem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Braskem$14.36B0.09-$2.10B-$2.53-1.32
CSW Industrials$915.77M4.60$136.65M$8.3729.96

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Braskem shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned 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, CSW Industrials had 10 more articles in the media than Braskem. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CSW Industrials and 4 mentions for Braskem. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Braskem's score of 0.94 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Braskem
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CSW Industrials
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.18% compared to Braskem's net margin of -7.36%. CSW Industrials' return on equity of 13.78% beat Braskem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Braskem-7.36% N/A -0.30%
CSW Industrials 15.18%13.78%10.43%

Braskem has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CSW Industrials beats Braskem on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BAK vs. The Competition

MetricBraskemOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$74.80B$7.76B$21.54B
Dividend YieldN/A5.83%10.85%3.53%
P/E Ratio-1.3220.2539.8629.80
Price / Sales0.091.65885.8651.04
Price / Cash2.594.6836.1924.52
Price / Book-1.681.053.944.59
Net Income-$2.10B$5.46B$4.29B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-5.11%-3.50%0.74%0.80%
1 Month Performance11.50%0.08%2.85%4.79%
1 Year Performance-47.82%-0.03%15.04%16.13%

Braskem Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAK
Braskem
2.3319 of 5 stars
$3.34
-0.7%
$7.50
+124.9%
-47.7%$1.33B$14.36B-1.328,382
CSW
CSW Industrials
4.2446 of 5 stars
$265.51
0.0%
$319.75
+20.4%
-20.3%$4.46B$878.30M31.722,600Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5413 of 5 stars
$37.80
+0.2%
$45.60
+20.7%
-17.6%$3.45B$3.24B29.539,200Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.484 of 5 stars
$22.94
+2.5%
$22.50
-1.9%
+98.9%$3.28B$560.97M53.34240Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.437 of 5 stars
$39.00
+1.0%
$44.88
+15.1%
+8.7%$2.99B$3.72B11.501,415Positive News
High Trading Volume
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.9684 of 5 stars
$13.39
flat
$15.00
+12.0%
+96.9%$2.41BN/A-7.92120Positive News
CC
Chemours
3.3538 of 5 stars
$16.26
+3.8%
$17.38
+6.9%
-1.6%$2.34B$5.78B-5.816,000Positive News
NGVT
Ingevity
2.2826 of 5 stars
$60.74
+1.6%
$58.00
-4.5%
+75.5%$2.18B$1.41B-10.211,600News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
UAN
CVR Partners
1.2566 of 5 stars
$87.15
-0.9%
N/A+34.2%$1.51B$576.18M10.47300News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ECVT
Ecovyst
4.0877 of 5 stars
$9.15
+1.6%
$10.00
+9.3%
+45.4%$1.03B$704.50M-76.21880News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
4.103 of 5 stars
$21.95
+0.3%
N/A-1.1%$771.37M$1.14B14.73150

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