PAH vs. ESI, CBT, WDFC, OEC, ASPI, FTK, ARQ, ZTEK, FSI, and FNV
Should you be buying Platform Specialty Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Platform Specialty Products include Element Solutions (ESI), Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Flotek Industries (FTK), ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), and Franco-Nevada (FNV).
Platform Specialty Products vs.
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Platform Specialty Products (NYSE:PAH) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Platform Specialty Products has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Platform Specialty Products. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Platform Specialty Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 19 more articles in the media than Platform Specialty Products. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Element Solutions and 0 mentions for Platform Specialty Products. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Platform Specialty Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Platform Specialty Products shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Platform Specialty Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Platform Specialty Products received 168 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.43% of users gave Platform Specialty Products an outperform vote while only 44.62% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Platform Specialty Products' net margin of -14.14%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.68% beat Platform Specialty Products' return on equity.
Element Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $30.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.61%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Platform Specialty Products.
Summary
Element Solutions beats Platform Specialty Products on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PAH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
