IFF vs. SHW, ECL, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, and SXT
Should you be buying International Flavors & Fragrances stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Flavors & Fragrances include Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ecolab (ECL), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
International Flavors & Fragrances vs.
International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams 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.
Sherwin-Williams has a net margin of 11.09% compared to International Flavors & Fragrances' net margin of -20.33%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 74.45% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherwin-Williams pays out 28.5% 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. Sherwin-Williams has increased its dividend for 47 consecutive years. International Flavors & Fragrances is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sherwin-Williams has higher revenue and earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherwin-Williams, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sherwin-Williams had 10 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sherwin-Williams and 13 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat International Flavors & Fragrances' score of 0.80 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Flavors & Fragrances currently has a consensus target price of $109.23, indicating a potential upside of 28.71%. Sherwin-Williams has a consensus target price of $402.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Sherwin-Williams.
Sherwin-Williams received 403 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote while only 60.15% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sherwin-Williams beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IFF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
