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NGVT vs. ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, BAK, UAN, PCT, TROX, and WLKP

Should you be buying Ingevity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingevity include Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Braskem (BAK), CVR Partners (UAN), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Tronox (TROX), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Ingevity vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingevity$1.41B0.85-$431.44M-$11.84-2.77
Element Solutions$2.46B2.03$118.10M$1.1917.28

Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -30.60%. Ingevity's return on equity of 41.44% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ingevity-30.60% 41.44% 5.76%
Element Solutions 9.94%14.68%7.08%

Ingevity received 315 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 47.48% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IngevityOutperform Votes
381
64.69%
Underperform Votes
208
35.31%
Element SolutionsOutperform Votes
66
47.48%
Underperform Votes
73
52.52%

Ingevity has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 21 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Element Solutions and 5 mentions for Ingevity. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.89 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ingevity
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Element Solutions
10 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ingevity presently has a consensus price target of $52.20, suggesting a potential upside of 58.90%. Element Solutions has a consensus price target of $27.88, suggesting a potential upside of 35.58%. Given Ingevity's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingevity is more favorable than Element Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingevity
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Element Solutions beats Ingevity on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NGVT vs. The Competition

MetricIngevityChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.20B$4.85B$3.03B$18.86B
Dividend YieldN/A3.65%5.21%4.15%
P/E Ratio-2.7719.8379.0732.41
Price / Sales0.8553.0322,957,190,387,262,800.0028.58
Price / Cash2.909.7924.3217.53
Price / Book6.124.445.184.44
Net Income-$431.44M$190.83M$154.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.33%2.27%1.85%3.35%
1 Month Performance-23.60%-6.42%2.94%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-31.38%-14.38%16.99%4.28%

Ingevity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGVT
Ingevity
3.0641 of 5 stars
$32.85
+3.1%
$52.20
+58.9%
-31.8%$1.20B$1.41B-2.772,050Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ESI
Element Solutions
4.8395 of 5 stars
$18.86
+3.3%
$29.38
+55.8%
-13.7%$4.57B$2.46B18.495,300Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
AVNT
Avient
4.8551 of 5 stars
$31.78
+2.1%
$48.60
+52.9%
-22.1%$2.91B$3.24B17.379,700Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.7386 of 5 stars
$27.21
+2.1%
$51.63
+89.7%
-35.2%$1.83B$3.72B11.781,300Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CC
Chemours
3.7102 of 5 stars
$11.55
+2.4%
$22.00
+90.5%
-54.1%$1.73B$5.78B20.266,600
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
4.0042 of 5 stars
$9.99
+0.2%
$16.00
+60.2%
+46.9%$1.50B$560.97M-71.35240Positive News
BAK
Braskem
2.4369 of 5 stars
$3.49
+2.6%
$9.75
+179.4%
-53.6%$1.39B$77.41B-0.988,310Positive News
Gap Up
UAN
CVR Partners
2.8426 of 5 stars
$72.35
+0.5%
N/A+2.7%$1.24B$525.32M12.56300Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.5332 of 5 stars
$6.46
+3.7%
$12.50
+93.5%
+38.1%$1.16BN/A-4.31120News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TROX
Tronox
4.3899 of 5 stars
$5.46
+4.4%
$12.93
+136.8%
-67.6%$862.34M$3.07B-17.616,610Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.1962 of 5 stars
$22.36
-0.5%
N/A+7.6%$787.94M$1.14B12.78150Upcoming Earnings

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