Ingevity (NGVT) Competitors

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ICL or NGVT?

13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ICL or NGVT?

Ingevity received 128 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 55.80% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 250 55.80%	Underperform Votes 198 44.20%
Ingevity	Outperform Votes 378 64.95%	Underperform Votes 204 35.05%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ICL or NGVT?

ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICL Group	$6.93B	0.84	$647M	$0.31	14.26
Ingevity	$1.69B	0.99	-$564.52M	-$15.53	-2.96

Is ICL or NGVT more profitable?

ICL Group has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -38.11%. Ingevity's return on equity of 24.46% beat ICL Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICL Group	5.83%	8.31%	4.39%
Ingevity	-38.11%	24.46%	4.29%

Does the media refer more to ICL or NGVT?

In the previous week, ICL Group had 11 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ICL Group and 3 mentions for Ingevity. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat ICL Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICL Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingevity	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend ICL or NGVT?

ICL Group currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.50%. Ingevity has a consensus target price of $52.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Ingevity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingevity is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICL Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Ingevity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, ICL or NGVT?

ICL Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingevity has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ingevity beats ICL Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.