FUL vs. ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, ASH, SXT, IOSP, KWR, MTX, and SCL
Should you be buying H.B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H.B. Fuller include Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
H.B. Fuller vs.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Albemarle pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H.B. Fuller pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and H.B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Albemarle had 8 more articles in the media than H.B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Albemarle and 7 mentions for H.B. Fuller. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Albemarle's score of -0.35 indicating that H.B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albemarle received 460 more outperform votes than H.B. Fuller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.31% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.
Albemarle presently has a consensus price target of $109.68, indicating a potential upside of 35.21%. H.B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $75.60, indicating a potential upside of 32.24%. Given Albemarle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Albemarle is more favorable than H.B. Fuller.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albemarle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H.B. Fuller has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 12.01% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
H.B. Fuller has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Albemarle. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H.B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Albemarle beats H.B. Fuller on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FUL) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
