OEC vs. MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, BAK, TROX, NGVT, UAN, ECVT, and WLKP
Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Braskem (BAK), Tronox (TROX), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Orion vs.
Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Orion (NYSE:OEC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Methanex has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Methanex pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orion pays out 15.1% 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.
In the previous week, Methanex had 9 more articles in the media than Orion. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Methanex and 6 mentions for Orion. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Orion's score of -0.20 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Orion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Methanex currently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.60%. Orion has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.16%. Given Orion's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than Methanex.
Methanex received 495 more outperform votes than Orion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave Orion an outperform vote.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex has a net margin of 4.12% compared to Orion's net margin of 1.67%. Orion's return on equity of 18.97% beat Methanex's return on equity.
Summary
Methanex beats Orion on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OEC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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