Ingevity (NGVT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer ESI or NGVT?

Element Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.07%. Ingevity has a consensus price target of $55.17, suggesting a potential upside of 59.19%. 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
Element Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ingevity	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ESI or NGVT more profitable?

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
Element Solutions	9.94%	14.68%	7.08%
Ingevity	-30.60%	41.44%	5.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESI or NGVT?

Ingevity received 320 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.85% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 45.11% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Element Solutions	Outperform Votes 60 45.11%	Underperform Votes 73 54.89%
Ingevity	Outperform Votes 380 64.85%	Underperform Votes 206 35.15%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ESI or NGVT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Element Solutions	$2.46B	1.99	$118.10M	$1.02	19.73
Ingevity	$1.41B	0.90	-$431.44M	-$11.84	-2.93

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ESI or NGVT?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ESI or NGVT?

Element Solutions has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingevity has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ESI or NGVT?

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 11 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Element Solutions and 5 mentions for Ingevity. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Ingevity's score of 1.37 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Element Solutions	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingevity	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Element Solutions beats Ingevity on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.