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FutureFuel (FF) Competitors

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$5.98
-0.06 (-0.99%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, CE, ALB, BCPC, NEU, and ASH

Should you be buying FutureFuel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FutureFuel include Flotek Industries (FTK), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), and Ashland (ASH). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

FutureFuel vs.

Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FutureFuel has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of FutureFuel shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are held 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.

Flotek Industries presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.14%. FutureFuel has a consensus price target of $0.80, suggesting a potential downside of 86.62%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flotek Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
FutureFuel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

FutureFuel has a net margin of 11.80% compared to Flotek Industries' net margin of 3.94%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 15.62% beat Flotek Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flotek Industries3.94% 6.73% 4.46%
FutureFuel 11.80%15.62%11.96%

Flotek Industries received 43 more outperform votes than FutureFuel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.68% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Flotek IndustriesOutperform Votes
282
59.87%
Underperform Votes
189
40.13%
FutureFuelOutperform Votes
239
68.68%
Underperform Votes
109
31.32%

FutureFuel has higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. FutureFuel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flotek Industries$188.06M0.80$24.71M$0.2223.05
FutureFuel$368.25M0.71$37.38M$0.916.57

In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 2 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Flotek Industries and 3 mentions for FutureFuel. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat FutureFuel's score of -0.17 indicating that Flotek Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flotek Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FutureFuel
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Flotek Industries beats FutureFuel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FF vs. The Competition

MetricFutureFuelIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$261.69M$2.98B$8.34B$19.27B
Dividend Yield3.96%3.35%11.86%3.54%
P/E Ratio6.578.1112.6041.45
Price / Sales0.711,943.0768.3314.67
Price / Cash5.5450.8311.1820.83
Price / Book0.841.703.785.39
Net Income$37.38M$8.21M$962.59M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-3.55%3.16%-0.11%-0.70%
1 Month Performance4.73%-9.03%-0.34%-0.97%
1 Year Performance-10.41%-12.57%-2.17%25.06%

FutureFuel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FF
FutureFuel
4.3384 of 5 stars
$5.98
-1.0%
$0.80
-86.6%
-9.1%$261.69M$368.25M6.57515Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
FTK
Flotek Industries
3.7688 of 5 stars
$4.92
+1.0%
$6.75
+37.2%
+21.9%$145.91M$175.98M22.36130Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.8138 of 5 stars
$363.38
+0.5%
$395.29
+8.8%
+49.8%$92.13B$23.05B36.1964,088Analyst Downgrade
ECL
Ecolab
4.9827 of 5 stars
$253.32
-0.2%
$271.80
+7.3%
+46.3%$72.08B$15.63B42.5048,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
3.6845 of 5 stars
$101.31
0.0%
$107.86
+6.5%
+45.2%$25.90B$11.31B-10.9921,500Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
RPM
RPM International
3.9811 of 5 stars
$128.27
-0.4%
$129.70
+1.1%
+35.9%$16.51B$7.34B26.8917,207Analyst Downgrade
CE
Celanese
4.8071 of 5 stars
$127.59
+1.1%
$151.44
+18.7%
+10.4%$13.94B$10.55B7.2612,410Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
ALB
Albemarle
3.5852 of 5 stars
$95.97
-0.7%
$117.30
+22.2%
-20.1%$11.28B$7.46B-20.299,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
BCPC
Balchem
4.189 of 5 stars
$170.02
+0.4%
$185.00
+8.8%
+46.9%$5.51B$932.39M47.361,302Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NEU
NewMarket
3.435 of 5 stars
$532.91
-0.9%
N/A+8.3%$5.11B$2.78B12.442,000
ASH
Ashland
4.4464 of 5 stars
$87.43
+1.0%
$103.50
+18.4%
+11.9%$4.27B$2.11B29.643,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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