Celanese (CE) Competitors

Celanese (NYSE:CE) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer CE or ASIX?

Celanese currently has a consensus price target of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.86%. AdvanSix has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 74.39%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Celanese.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celanese	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CE or ASIX a better dividend stock?

Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Celanese pays out -0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AdvanSix pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AdvanSix has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. AdvanSix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CE or ASIX?

Celanese has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CE or ASIX?

AdvanSix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Celanese. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, 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
Celanese	$10.06B	0.53	-$1.52B	-$15.22	-3.19
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.34	$44.15M	$3.12	6.16

Does the media favor CE or ASIX?

In the previous week, AdvanSix had 5 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AdvanSix and 10 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AdvanSix's score of 0.24 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celanese	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AdvanSix	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CE or ASIX more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Celanese's net margin of -16.54%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 11.38% beat Celanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celanese	-16.54%	11.28%	3.06%
AdvanSix	5.45%	11.38%	5.65%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CE or ASIX?

98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AdvanSix beats Celanese on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.