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

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), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Balchem (BCPC), Celanese (CE), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

FutureFuel vs.

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

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%

In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 1 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Flotek Industries and 2 mentions for FutureFuel. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat FutureFuel's score of 0.25 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)
Neutral
Flotek Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
FutureFuel$243.34M0.71$37.38M$0.3511.21
Flotek Industries$187.03M1.06$24.71M$0.3320.21

44.6% of FutureFuel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

FutureFuel currently has a consensus price target of $0.80, indicating a potential downside of 79.62%. Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
3.00
Flotek Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

FutureFuel has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 59.83% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FutureFuelOutperform Votes
240
68.57%
Underperform Votes
110
31.43%
Flotek IndustriesOutperform Votes
283
59.83%
Underperform Votes
190
40.17%

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$171.93M$2.08B$6.78B$18.52B
Dividend Yield5.84%4.28%11.07%4.23%
P/E Ratio4.7915.6542.6631.15
Price / Sales0.7112.0519,957.4025.69
Price / Cash4.3923.6235.3817.53
Price / Book0.551.273.334.29
Net Income$37.38M-$13.51M$4.27B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.96%0.59%-0.42%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-5.08%-12.97%-7.58%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-31.14%-31.29%142.26%1.74%

FutureFuel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FF
FutureFuel
3.9499 of 5 stars
$3.93
-0.1%
$0.80
-79.6%
-33.5%$171.93M$243.34M4.79470Short Interest ↑
FTK
Flotek Industries
2.5507 of 5 stars
$6.50
-1.6%
$7.50
+15.5%
+89.5%$193.73M$187.03M24.98130Gap Down
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.6564 of 5 stars
$323.32
-2.6%
$398.19
+23.2%
+7.3%$81.32B$23.10B30.6564,088Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ECL
Ecolab
4.8239 of 5 stars
$230.05
-3.2%
$289.20
+25.7%
+8.8%$65.25B$15.74B31.1747,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.8208 of 5 stars
$70.79
-3.2%
$103.31
+45.9%
-12.2%$18.10B$11.48B75.3124,600Analyst Forecast
RPM
RPM International
3.5852 of 5 stars
$106.74
-1.4%
$133.33
+24.9%
-3.2%$13.72B$7.35B21.0916,800Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ALB
Albemarle
3.9336 of 5 stars
$58.04
-0.8%
$103.20
+77.8%
-55.2%$6.83B$5.38B-5.187,400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NEU
NewMarket
2.5474 of 5 stars
$530.51
-2.7%
N/A-5.6%$5.03B$2.79B11.002,060Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BCPC
Balchem
4.0881 of 5 stars
$154.13
-1.1%
$190.00
+23.3%
+11.1%$5.01B$953.68M39.221,340Positive News
CE
Celanese
4.1927 of 5 stars
$40.50
-1.2%
$64.72
+59.8%
-75.6%$4.43B$10.28B-2.9113,300Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.3145 of 5 stars
$72.57
-2.8%
$85.00
+17.1%
+8.1%$3.08B$1.56B24.683,956Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
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