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Orion (OEC) Competitors

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$17.71 +0.12 (+0.68%)
(As of 10:17 AM ET)

OEC vs. WDFC, ASPI, ARQ, FTK, ZTEK, FSI, ESI, CBT, FUL, and OR

Should you be buying Orion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orion include WD-40 (WDFC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Flotek Industries (FTK), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Element Solutions (ESI), Cabot (CBT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR).

Orion vs.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Orion (NYSE:OEC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Orion pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. WD-40 pays out 68.9% 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. WD-40 has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. WD-40 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Orion has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Orion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WD-40$590.56M6.37$69.64M$5.1154.33
Orion$1.89B0.54$103.50M$0.5333.19

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Orion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

WD-40 currently has a consensus target price of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Orion has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.71%. Given Orion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Orion is more favorable than WD-40.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Orion
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

WD-40 has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, WD-40 had 2 more articles in the media than Orion. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WD-40 and 4 mentions for Orion. Orion's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat WD-40's score of 0.18 indicating that Orion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WD-40
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Orion
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WD-40 received 7 more outperform votes than Orion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.53% of users gave Orion an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WD-40Outperform Votes
280
53.33%
Underperform Votes
245
46.67%
OrionOutperform Votes
273
60.53%
Underperform Votes
178
39.47%

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Orion's net margin of 1.67%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.53% beat Orion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WD-4011.79% 31.53% 15.81%
Orion 1.67%18.97%4.86%

Summary

Orion beats WD-40 on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OEC vs. The Competition

MetricOrionchemical products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.04B$1.70B$2.82B$19.96B
Dividend Yield0.46%1.12%5.26%3.49%
P/E Ratio33.1918.94110.8436.42
Price / Sales0.54671.78591,955.6317.94
Price / Cash4.5171.3023.4221.28
Price / Book2.136.353.324.59
Net Income$103.50M$59.71M$149.36M$985.93M
7 Day Performance1.74%0.61%0.66%0.45%
1 Month Performance4.70%23.60%1.43%1.05%
1 Year Performance-24.54%73.32%27.39%24.67%

Orion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OEC
Orion
4.6826 of 5 stars
$17.71
+0.7%
$26.33
+48.7%
-24.8%$1.02B$1.89B33.421,650
WDFC
WD-40
2.4558 of 5 stars
$276.22
-0.5%
$301.00
+9.0%
+23.7%$3.74B$590.56M54.33580Analyst Forecast
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.996 of 5 stars
$7.18
+0.4%
$4.50
-37.3%
+349.7%$510.93M$430,000.000.0076
ARQ
ARQ
2.9555 of 5 stars
$7.63
+1.5%
$10.00
+31.1%
N/A$320.69M$99.18M-752.00140Analyst Forecast
FTK
Flotek Industries
1.4967 of 5 stars
$7.76
-1.1%
$7.50
-3.4%
+97.0%$231.25M$188.06M30.16130Gap Up
ZTEK
Zentek
0.0491 of 5 stars
$1.16
-2.4%
N/A+0.8%$120.72M$20,000.00-14.8524Gap Up
FSI
Flexible Solutions International
N/A$3.92
-0.8%
N/A+136.1%$48.84M$38.33M11.8840Analyst Revision
ESI
Element Solutions
4.3159 of 5 stars
$28.20
+1.8%
$31.00
+9.9%
+34.5%$6.83B$2.33B24.965,300Dividend Announcement
Positive News
CBT
Cabot
4.1094 of 5 stars
$107.75
+0.5%
$105.00
-2.6%
+37.6%$5.91B$3.99B15.904,300
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.4328 of 5 stars
$74.46
-0.1%
$97.67
+31.2%
-1.6%$4.07B$3.51B23.017,200
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
1.9469 of 5 stars
$19.92
+0.4%
$21.00
+5.4%
+51.3%$3.72B$183.20M-94.4830

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This page (NYSE:OEC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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