FutureFuel (FF) Competitors $4.72 -0.08 (-1.56%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.72 0.00 (0.00%) As of 02/21/2025 04:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, and FULShould 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), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), and H.B. Fuller (FUL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry. FutureFuel vs. Flotek Industries Sherwin-Williams Ecolab International Flavors & Fragrances RPM International Albemarle Celanese Balchem NewMarket H.B. Fuller FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk. Do analysts rate FF or FTK? FutureFuel presently has a consensus price target of $0.80, suggesting a potential downside of 83.07%. Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.93%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score FutureFuel 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Flotek Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.33 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FF or FTK? Flotek Industries received 43 more outperform votes than FutureFuel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave FutureFuel an outperform vote while only 59.96% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFutureFuelOutperform Votes24068.57% Underperform Votes11031.43% Flotek IndustriesOutperform Votes28359.96% Underperform Votes18940.04% Which has more volatility & risk, FF or FTK? FutureFuel has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is FF or FTK more profitable? FutureFuel has a net margin of 13.18% compared to Flotek Industries' net margin of 4.58%. FutureFuel's return on equity of 15.32% beat Flotek Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets FutureFuel13.18% 15.32% 11.55% Flotek Industries 4.58%7.76%5.19% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FF or FTK? 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 RatioFutureFuel$273.84M0.76$37.38M$0.825.76Flotek Industries$178.46M1.37$24.71M$0.2631.67 Does the media refer more to FF or FTK? In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 1 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flotek Industries and 1 mentions for FutureFuel. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat FutureFuel's score of 0.99 indicating that Flotek Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment FutureFuel 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Flotek Industries 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FF or FTK? 44.6% of FutureFuel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryFlotek Industries beats FutureFuel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get FutureFuel News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFutureFuelIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$207.00M$2.53B$9.17B$20.22BDividend Yield5.00%3.55%11.56%3.64%P/E Ratio5.7618.2213.1934.95Price / Sales0.76165.88298.1817.44Price / Cash4.3923.7811.8320.26Price / Book0.671.433.794.80Net Income$37.38M-$13.51M$808.15M$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.47%-3.69%-1.71%-1.14%1 Month Performance-14.42%-3.55%-5.40%-1.66%1 Year Performance-21.84%-18.07%6.80%13.43% FutureFuel Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FFFutureFuel4.1283 of 5 stars$4.73-1.6%$0.80-83.1%-18.8%$207.00M$273.84M5.76470News CoverageFTKFlotek Industries2.152 of 5 stars$9.04-1.3%$7.50-17.0%+167.4%$269.24M$188.06M34.75130Positive NewsSHWSherwin-Williams4.7127 of 5 stars$356.93-1.2%$400.00+12.1%+7.5%$89.89B$23.10B33.8364,088Dividend IncreasePositive NewsECLEcolab4.6055 of 5 stars$264.99-0.2%$284.33+7.3%+20.4%$75.04B$15.32B37.1748,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeInsider TradeNews CoveragePositive NewsIFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances4.7633 of 5 stars$85.60-0.5%$107.77+25.9%+0.6%$21.89B$11.48B-9.4221,500Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageRPMRPM International3.0771 of 5 stars$123.46+0.5%$132.00+6.9%+7.8%$15.87B$7.35B24.4017,207Analyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeALBAlbemarle4.4423 of 5 stars$81.20+2.5%$112.38+38.4%-31.2%$9.54B$9.62B-4.859,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCECelanese4.3165 of 5 stars$68.04+4.2%$102.06+50.0%-64.7%$7.44B$10.94B6.8512,410Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeNews CoverageBCPCBalchem4.799 of 5 stars$164.82+1.0%$190.00+15.3%+5.4%$5.36B$922.44M44.311,302Earnings ReportNews CoveragePositive NewsNEUNewMarket2.3018 of 5 stars$542.04-1.0%N/A-11.6%$5.20B$2.79B11.242,000Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageFULH.B. Fuller4.6475 of 5 stars$60.67+0.3%$75.60+24.6%-27.0%$3.32B$3.57B26.277,500Short Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Flotek Industries Competitors Sherwin-Williams Competitors Ecolab Competitors International Flavors & Fragrances Competitors RPM International Competitors Albemarle Competitors Celanese Competitors Balchem Competitors NewMarket Competitors H.B. Fuller Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHas Trump finally met his match?Dylan Jovine predicted the 2008 crash over a year before it happened. 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