CBT vs. WLK, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, LYB, ESI, WDFC, OEC, and ASPI
Should you be buying Cabot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cabot include Westlake (WLK), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Element Solutions (ESI), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI).
Cabot vs.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Cabot has a net margin of 9.51% compared to Westlake's net margin of 0.81%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.60% beat Westlake's return on equity.
Westlake currently has a consensus target price of $154.85, indicating a potential upside of 31.37%. Cabot has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Westlake is more favorable than Cabot.
28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Westlake shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westlake has higher revenue and earnings than Cabot. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westlake received 73 more outperform votes than Cabot when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Westlake had 4 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Westlake and 4 mentions for Cabot. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Westlake's score of 0.31 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Westlake pays out 295.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cabot pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westlake has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Cabot has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Cabot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Cabot beats Westlake on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CBT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
