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Platform Specialty Products (PAH) Competitors

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PAH vs. FSI, MT, IP, PPG, SW, GFI, VNTR, VNTRQ, KGC, and AU

Should you be buying Platform Specialty Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platform Specialty Products include Flexible Solutions International (FSI), ArcelorMittal (MT), International Paper (IP), PPG Industries (PPG), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Gold Fields (GFI), Venator Materials (VNTR), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Kinross Gold (KGC), and AngloGold Ashanti (AU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Platform Specialty Products vs. Its Competitors

Platform Specialty Products (NYSE:PAH) and Flexible Solutions International (NYSE:FSI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Flexible Solutions International had 2 more articles in the media than Platform Specialty Products. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Flexible Solutions International and 0 mentions for Platform Specialty Products. Flexible Solutions International's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Platform Specialty Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Flexible Solutions International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Platform Specialty Products Neutral
Flexible Solutions International Neutral

Flexible Solutions International has a net margin of 10.80% compared to Platform Specialty Products' net margin of -14.14%. Flexible Solutions International's return on equity of 10.61% beat Platform Specialty Products' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Platform Specialty Products-14.14% 8.48% 2.23%
Flexible Solutions International 10.80%10.61%7.32%

Flexible Solutions International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Platform Specialty Products. Platform Specialty Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexible Solutions International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Platform Specialty Products$3.78B1.77-$296.20M$0.7630.49
Flexible Solutions International$36.48M1.90$2.78M$0.1830.52

Platform Specialty Products has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexible Solutions International has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

94.5% of Platform Specialty Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of Flexible Solutions International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Platform Specialty Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Flexible Solutions International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Flexible Solutions International beats Platform Specialty Products on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PAH vs. The Competition

MetricPlatform Specialty ProductsChemical Products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.68B$69.56M$3.26B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.20%3.66%
P/E Ratio30.4916.65105.8529.27
Price / Sales1.771.9031,270,591,557,448,600.0062.32
Price / Cash4.3518.1023.8923.31
Price / Book2.331.785.994.37
Net Income-$296.20M$2.78M$148.72M$996.36M

Platform Specialty Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAH
Platform Specialty Products
N/A$23.17
-1.7%
N/A-3.4%$6.68B$3.78B30.49N/A
FSI
Flexible Solutions International
3.3786 of 5 stars
$5.23
-2.0%
N/A+189.2%$66.09M$36.48M15.8340News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.7774 of 5 stars
$30.96
-2.1%
$32.95
+6.4%
+47.5%$25.36B$60.96B9.56125,416Earnings Report
IP
International Paper
3.85 of 5 stars
$46.41
-0.7%
$55.65
+19.9%
+3.0%$24.67B$18.62B-464.1037,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6365 of 5 stars
$104.40
-1.0%
$129.82
+24.3%
-11.1%$23.81B$15.85B23.6746,000Positive News
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.7028 of 5 stars
$44.37
0.0%
$58.00
+30.7%
+5.8%$23.17B$21.11B67.23100,000
GFI
Gold Fields
3.8354 of 5 stars
$25.59
+5.0%
$22.36
-12.6%
+86.7%$21.80B$5.20B10.896,560Positive News
VNTR
Venator Materials
N/A$185.50
flat
N/AN/A$19.85B$2.17B-106.613,685
VNTRQ
Venator Materials
N/A$185.50
flat
N/AN/A$19.85B$2.17B-56.553,400
KGC
Kinross Gold
4.4762 of 5 stars
$16.20
+1.3%
$18.20
+12.3%
+118.2%$19.76B$6.07B13.066,800Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AU
AngloGold Ashanti
2.3307 of 5 stars
$48.79
+5.5%
$45.08
-7.6%
+109.0%$19.41B$5.79B16.0512,634Earnings Report
Dividend Increase

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