Chemours (CC) Competitors

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is CC or ASIX a better dividend stock?

Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Chemours pays out 175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AdvanSix pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AdvanSix has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CC or ASIX?

Chemours has higher revenue and earnings than AdvanSix. AdvanSix 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
Chemours	$5.78B	0.32	$86M	$0.20	62.10
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.43	$44.15M	$3.12	7.83

Do analysts prefer CC or ASIX?

Chemours currently has a consensus price target of $17.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.56%. AdvanSix has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.18%. Given Chemours' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than AdvanSix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CC or ASIX more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Chemours' net margin of 0.54%. Chemours' return on equity of 23.82% beat AdvanSix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	0.54%	23.82%	2.07%
AdvanSix	5.45%	11.38%	5.65%

Does the media refer more to CC or ASIX?

In the previous week, Chemours had 2 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Chemours and 5 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Chemours' score of 0.56 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemours	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AdvanSix	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CC or ASIX?

76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Chemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CC or ASIX?

Chemours has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AdvanSix beats Chemours on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.