Chemours (CC) Competitors

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and Chemours (NYSE:CC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICL or CC?

Chemours received 384 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 251 55.53%	Underperform Votes 201 44.47%
Chemours	Outperform Votes 635 60.71%	Underperform Votes 411 39.29%

Do analysts prefer ICL or CC?

ICL Group currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $23.11, suggesting a potential upside of 59.68%. Given Chemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICL Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ICL or CC?

ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chemours. ICL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICL Group	$6.84B	1.12	$647M	$0.32	18.30
Chemours	$5.78B	0.37	-$238M	$0.57	25.39

Is ICL or CC a better dividend stock?

ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Chemours pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. ICL Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemours pays out 175.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ICL or CC?

13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Chemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ICL or CC?

ICL Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ICL or CC more profitable?

ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.51%. Chemours' return on equity of 26.54% beat ICL Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICL Group	5.83%	8.31%	4.39%
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%

Does the media prefer ICL or CC?

In the previous week, Chemours had 2 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Chemours and 5 mentions for ICL Group. ICL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Chemours' score of 0.73 indicating that ICL Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICL Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chemours	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chemours beats ICL Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.