KWR vs. CE, BCPC, NEU, SXT, FUL, ASH, 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), Sensient Technologies (SXT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Stepan (SCL), and Flotek Industries (FTK). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Quaker Chemical vs.
Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Quaker Chemical (NYSE:KWR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Quaker Chemical has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Celanese's net margin of -14.81%. Celanese's return on equity of 12.86% beat Quaker Chemical's return on equity.
Celanese received 300 more outperform votes than Quaker Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 58.05% of users gave Quaker Chemical an outperform vote.
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 has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quaker Chemical has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Quaker Chemical pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Celanese pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quaker Chemical pays out 29.8% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Quaker Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Celanese had 27 more articles in the media than Quaker Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Celanese and 8 mentions for Quaker Chemical. Quaker Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Celanese's score of 0.26 indicating that Quaker Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.73%. Quaker Chemical has a consensus target price of $173.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.46%. Given Quaker Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quaker Chemical is more favorable than Celanese.
98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Quaker Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Quaker Chemical beats Celanese on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KWR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
