ESI vs. NTR, AXTA, ICL, CSWI, ALTM, MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, and TROX
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Nutrien (NTR), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ICL Group (ICL), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Element Solutions vs.
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Nutrien received 378 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.77% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 45.24% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Element Solutions has a net margin of 11.08% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.79%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.42% beat Nutrien's return on equity.
Element Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $31.40, indicating a potential upside of 24.01%. Nutrien has a consensus price target of $58.95, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Nutrien's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Element Solutions.
In the previous week, Nutrien had 3 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nutrien and 1 mentions for Element Solutions. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Nutrien's score of 0.32 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Element Solutions pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 145.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Element Solutions beats Nutrien on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
