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FutureFuel (FF) Competitors

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$5.18 +0.04 (+0.78%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, FutureFuel had 1 more articles in the media than Flotek Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FutureFuel and 2 mentions for Flotek Industries. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat FutureFuel's score of -0.06 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)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Flotek Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FutureFuel has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$273.84M0.83$37.38M$0.826.32
Flotek Industries$188.06M1.29$24.71M$0.2631.39

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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FutureFuelOutperform Votes
240
68.57%
Underperform Votes
110
31.43%
Flotek IndustriesOutperform Votes
283
59.96%
Underperform Votes
189
40.04%

FutureFuel currently has a consensus target price of $0.80, suggesting a potential downside of 84.57%. Flotek Industries has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.09%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 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%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FF vs. The Competition

MetricFutureFuelIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$226.91M$2.79B$8.79B$20.17B
Dividend Yield4.62%3.47%11.51%3.50%
P/E Ratio6.3215.9213.4043.99
Price / Sales0.831,850.89121.7917.76
Price / Cash4.7648.4011.7421.29
Price / Book1.062.343.494.71
Net Income$37.38M$8.53M$949.80M$986.85M
7 Day Performance1.27%3.64%3.94%3.76%
1 Month Performance-14.86%-5.91%6.39%4.65%
1 Year Performance-15.42%-10.72%7.59%27.72%

FutureFuel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FF
FutureFuel
4.1631 of 5 stars
$5.19
+0.8%
$0.80
-84.6%
-15.4%$226.91M$273.84M6.32515Analyst Downgrade
FTK
Flotek Industries
1.3294 of 5 stars
$8.06
+2.7%
$7.50
-6.9%
+104.0%$240.19M$188.06M31.00130High Trading Volume
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.5183 of 5 stars
$383.32
+3.1%
$396.47
+3.4%
+41.4%$96.54B$23.05B38.1864,088Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
ECL
Ecolab
4.9457 of 5 stars
$243.39
+0.7%
$279.87
+15.0%
+31.4%$68.92B$15.32B33.9148,000Insider Trade
Positive News
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.3743 of 5 stars
$89.92
+1.2%
$109.27
+21.5%
+21.1%$22.99B$11.48B-9.8921,500Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RPM
RPM International
4.249 of 5 stars
$136.49
+1.5%
$129.70
-5.0%
+35.5%$17.57B$7.34B28.6117,207Analyst Upgrade
ALB
Albemarle
2.9685 of 5 stars
$109.09
-0.4%
$114.47
+4.9%
-14.4%$12.82B$9.62B-6.519,000
CE
Celanese
4.9677 of 5 stars
$75.04
+2.9%
$120.59
+60.7%
-43.3%$8.20B$10.94B7.5512,410Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BCPC
Balchem
4.2162 of 5 stars
$180.09
+1.2%
$190.00
+5.5%
+50.0%$5.85B$922.44M48.471,302Positive News
NEU
NewMarket
2.1928 of 5 stars
$536.33
-0.4%
N/A+5.1%$5.15B$2.78B11.962,000News Coverage
Positive News
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.4537 of 5 stars
$74.87
+0.4%
$97.67
+30.4%
+0.4%$4.09B$3.51B23.117,200

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This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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