CE vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, BCPC, NEU, SXT, FUL, ASH, IOSP, and KWR
Should you be buying Celanese stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celanese include International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Celanese vs.
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Celanese had 14 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Celanese and 20 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Celanese's score of 0.26 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Celanese has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Flavors & Fragrances, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Flavors & Fragrances presently has a consensus price target of $103.77, suggesting a potential upside of 33.97%. Celanese has a consensus price target of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.72%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Celanese.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out 170.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Celanese pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Celanese received 195 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a net margin of 2.12% compared to Celanese's net margin of -14.81%. Celanese's return on equity of 12.86% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
Summary
International Flavors & Fragrances beats Celanese on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CE) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
