NGVT vs. HWKN, PRM, IOSP, CC, HUN, ASH, BCPC, OLN, SCL, and CDE
Should you be buying Ingevity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingevity include Hawkins (HWKN), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Innospec (IOSP), Chemours (CC), Huntsman (HUN), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Olin (OLN), Stepan (SCL), and Coeur Mining (CDE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Hawkins has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingevity received 161 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Ingevity an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.
Ingevity has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 17 more articles in the media than Ingevity. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hawkins and 3 mentions for Ingevity. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Hawkins' score of 0.08 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingevity currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.71%. Hawkins has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.61%. Given Hawkins' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Ingevity.
Hawkins has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -6.84%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.41% beat Ingevity's return on equity.
91.6% of Ingevity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Hawkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hawkins beats Ingevity on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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