CE vs. IFF, RPM, ALB, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, SXT, IOSP, and MTX
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), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), and Minerals Technologies (MTX). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
International Flavors & Fragrances presently has a consensus price target of $109.23, suggesting a potential upside of 27.69%. Celanese has a consensus price target of $106.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.14%. Given Celanese's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Celanese is more favorable than International Flavors & Fragrances.
Celanese has a net margin of 10.40% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -20.33%. Celanese's return on equity of 13.17% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
Celanese received 195 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.74% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 60.15% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 28.2% 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.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Celanese shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celanese, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Celanese had 8 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Celanese and 14 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Celanese's score of 0.44 indicating that International Flavors & Fragrances is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Celanese beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CE) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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