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$4.20 -0.02 (-0.36%)
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FF vs. FTK, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, NEU, CE, BCPC, 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), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

FutureFuel vs. Its Competitors

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

Flotek Industries currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
FutureFuel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FutureFuel has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% 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. 3.0% 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$187.02M2.00$10.50M$0.4527.91
FutureFuel$243.34M0.76$15.50M-$0.15-28.03

Flotek Industries has a net margin of 7.09% compared to FutureFuel's net margin of -3.19%. Flotek Industries' return on equity of 12.76% beat FutureFuel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flotek Industries7.09% 12.76% 8.71%
FutureFuel -3.19%-3.15%-2.61%

In the previous week, Flotek Industries and Flotek Industries both had 1 articles in the media. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Flotek Industries' score of -0.50 indicating that FutureFuel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Flotek Industries beats FutureFuel on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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FF vs. The Competition

MetricFutureFuelBiofuels IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$184.85M$347.56M$7.79B$21.15B
Dividend Yield5.69%5.69%10.91%3.58%
P/E Ratio-28.038.3365.3827.76
Price / Sales0.761.5942,445.5658.69
Price / Cash7.449.7936.2023.00
Price / Book0.890.894.044.67
Net Income$15.50M-$24.39M$4.25B$993.85M
7 Day Performance3.44%11.05%1.87%1.16%
1 Month Performance1.45%29.63%3.53%4.99%
1 Year Performance-23.41%-7.73%14.69%12.54%

FutureFuel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FF
FutureFuel
2.4886 of 5 stars
$4.21
-0.4%
N/A-23.8%$184.85M$243.34M-28.03470Positive News
FTK
Flotek Industries
2.3189 of 5 stars
$12.15
-3.2%
$14.33
+18.0%
+167.6%$374.67M$187.02M26.99130
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.4318 of 5 stars
$342.34
+0.7%
$391.94
+14.5%
-0.4%$85.22B$23.10B29.8163,890Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ECL
Ecolab
4.714 of 5 stars
$268.29
-0.2%
$288.33
+7.5%
+8.8%$76.23B$15.74B39.4148,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.6794 of 5 stars
$76.25
+0.3%
$93.43
+22.5%
-21.7%$19.44B$11.48B17.393,400
RPM
RPM International
3.205 of 5 stars
$110.97
-0.4%
$126.80
+14.3%
-0.9%$14.31B$7.34B21.6817,207Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ALB
Albemarle
3.3821 of 5 stars
$77.11
+0.0%
$91.00
+18.0%
-13.8%$9.07B$5.38B-6.938,300Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
NEU
NewMarket
3.1982 of 5 stars
$725.13
-0.7%
N/A+31.9%$6.89B$2.79B14.532,060Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CE
Celanese
4.2174 of 5 stars
$58.00
+1.2%
$66.50
+14.7%
-56.9%$6.27B$10.28B-3.8112,163Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
BCPC
Balchem
4.2968 of 5 stars
$153.02
+0.1%
$180.00
+17.6%
-16.2%$4.99B$953.68M36.701,361Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SXT
Sensient Technologies
2.5784 of 5 stars
$108.41
-0.6%
$110.00
+1.5%
+32.7%$4.63B$1.56B35.424,014News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:FF) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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