KWR vs. CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, SXT, IOSP, MTX, SCL, and FTK
Should you be buying Quaker Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quaker Chemical include Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Stepan (SCL), and Flotek Industries (FTK). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Quaker Chemical vs.
Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Celanese had 29 more articles in the media than Quaker Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Celanese and 0 mentions for Quaker Chemical. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Quaker Chemical's score of -0.55 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celanese has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Quaker Chemical's net margin of 6.58%. Celanese's return on equity of 13.17% beat Quaker Chemical's return on equity.
Quaker Chemical pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Quaker Chemical pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 28.2% 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. Quaker Chemical has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Celanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quaker Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $177.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.29%. Celanese has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.81%. Given Celanese's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celanese is more favorable than Quaker Chemical.
77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese has higher revenue and earnings than Quaker Chemical. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quaker Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celanese received 295 more outperform votes than Quaker Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.74% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 58.07% of users gave Quaker Chemical an outperform vote.
Summary
Celanese beats Quaker Chemical on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KWR) was last updated on 1/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
