NEU vs. RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, FUL, ASH, SXT, IOSP, MTX, and KWR
Should you be buying NewMarket stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewMarket include RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Innospec (IOSP), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
NewMarket vs.
RPM International (NYSE:RPM) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
NewMarket has a net margin of 15.57% compared to RPM International's net margin of 8.89%. NewMarket's return on equity of 35.79% beat RPM International's return on equity.
RPM International received 223 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.97% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.
81.0% of RPM International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of NewMarket shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of RPM International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of NewMarket shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RPM International pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. RPM International pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 22.2% 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. RPM International has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years. NewMarket is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
RPM International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RPM International had 3 more articles in the media than NewMarket. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RPM International and 0 mentions for NewMarket. RPM International's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat NewMarket's score of -0.98 indicating that RPM International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RPM International currently has a consensus target price of $132.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.03%. Given RPM International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe RPM International is more favorable than NewMarket.
RPM International has higher revenue and earnings than NewMarket. NewMarket is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPM International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RPM International beats NewMarket on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NEU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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