FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, and FUL
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), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), and H.B. Fuller (FUL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
FutureFuel vs.
FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
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.
FutureFuel currently has a consensus price target of $0.80, suggesting a potential downside of 85.51%. Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.60%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.
FutureFuel has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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 0.47 beat FutureFuel's score of 0.00 indicating that Flotek Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats FutureFuel on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
