SLI vs. ECVT, OEC, WLKP, ASIX, VHI, ASPI, LXFR, LNZA, ARQ, and ORGN
Should you be buying Standard Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Lithium include Ecovyst (ECVT), Orion (OEC), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Luxfer (LXFR), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), ARQ (ARQ), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Standard Lithium vs.
Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ecovyst. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecovyst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Standard Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.07% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.
Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecovyst currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.16%. Standard Lithium has a consensus price target of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 135.12%. Given Standard Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Ecovyst.
86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Standard Lithium had 1 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Standard Lithium and 2 mentions for Ecovyst. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.57 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecovyst received 18 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote.
Summary
Ecovyst beats Standard Lithium on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
