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Element Solutions (ESI) Competitors

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$28.26 -0.21 (-0.74%)
(As of 11:58 AM ET)

ESI vs. NTR, AXTA, CSWI, ICL, ALTM, CC, MEOH, PCT, TROX, and PRM

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), CSW Industrials (CSWI), ICL Group (ICL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Chemours (CC), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Tronox (TROX), and Perimeter Solutions (PRM). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Element Solutions vs.

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien$29.06B0.81$1.26B$1.4932.05
Element Solutions$2.41B2.87$118.10M$1.1125.65

Nutrien has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nutrien2.79% 6.99% 3.32%
Element Solutions 11.08%14.42%6.88%

In the previous week, Nutrien had 4 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Nutrien and 12 mentions for Element Solutions. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Nutrien's score of 1.44 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nutrien
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Element Solutions
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. Element Solutions pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Nutrien currently has a consensus price target of $60.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.33%. Element Solutions has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Element Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nutrien
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.39
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Nutrien received 378 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 44.35% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NutrienOutperform Votes
433
62.75%
Underperform Votes
257
37.25%
Element SolutionsOutperform Votes
55
44.35%
Underperform Votes
69
55.65%

63.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Element Solutions beats Nutrien on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricElement Solutionschemical products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.89B$1.73B$2.77B$20.36B
Dividend Yield1.12%1.10%5.12%3.45%
P/E Ratio25.6522.14106.8944.57
Price / Sales2.87278.56590,396.7120.33
Price / Cash12.3773.2423.8222.41
Price / Book2.815.143.504.76
Net Income$118.10M$59.71M$151.61M$984.70M
7 Day Performance-0.63%-1.37%0.96%0.64%
1 Month Performance4.67%18.29%-2.57%6.66%
1 Year Performance33.98%66.79%23.01%24.58%

Element Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Element Solutions
4.2502 of 5 stars
$28.26
-0.7%
$31.00
+9.7%
+34.0%$6.84B$2.33B25.465,300Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NTR
Nutrien
4.8439 of 5 stars
$47.37
+1.5%
$60.33
+27.4%
-14.2%$23.40B$29.06B31.3225,900Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5331 of 5 stars
$40.59
+0.3%
$42.45
+4.6%
+26.0%$8.85B$5.18B27.3412,000Positive News
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.2593 of 5 stars
$413.50
-2.1%
$425.00
+2.8%
+129.5%$6.96B$792.84M57.392,600Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.9893 of 5 stars
$4.61
+0.7%
$4.00
-13.2%
-10.1%$6.06B$7.54B14.7713,350
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
3.5253 of 5 stars
$5.14
-2.1%
$11.00
+114.0%
N/A$5.53B$1.21B18.561,470
CC
Chemours
4.1461 of 5 stars
$21.48
-1.2%
$24.88
+15.8%
-27.1%$3.21B$6.03B43.486,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
3.8842 of 5 stars
$47.31
+0.9%
$55.88
+18.1%
+11.6%$3.19B$3.72B21.911,451Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
0.6967 of 5 stars
$13.69
+2.9%
$10.60
-22.6%
+205.0%$2.38BN/A-9.23146
TROX
Tronox
4.0323 of 5 stars
$12.08
-0.2%
$18.00
+49.0%
-9.7%$1.91B$3.08B-25.216,500Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.6747 of 5 stars
$12.89
+0.7%
$14.50
+12.5%
+192.3%$1.88B$534.19M-11.33240Positive News

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