FTK vs. FF, SHW, ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, and FUL
Should you be buying Flotek Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flotek Industries include FutureFuel (FF), 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.
Flotek Industries vs.
Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and FutureFuel (NYSE:FF) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of FutureFuel shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of FutureFuel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flotek Industries currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.77%. FutureFuel has a consensus target price of $0.80, indicating a potential downside of 85.09%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than FutureFuel.
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.
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.
Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FutureFuel has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 2 more articles in the media than FutureFuel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flotek Industries and 0 mentions for FutureFuel. FutureFuel's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Flotek Industries' score of 0.71 indicating that FutureFuel 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
FutureFuel beats Flotek Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FTK) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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