Standard Lithium (SLI) Competitors

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the media prefer WLKP or SLI?

In the previous week, Standard Lithium had 7 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Standard Lithium and 1 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Westlake Chemical Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.24 indicating that Westlake Chemical Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Westlake Chemical Partners	Positive
Standard Lithium	Neutral

Do analysts recommend WLKP or SLI?

Standard Lithium has a consensus price target of $3.95, indicating a potential upside of 190.44%. Given Standard Lithium's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Standard Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, WLKP or SLI?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WLKP or SLI more profitable?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Standard Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity of 7.31% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westlake Chemical Partners	5.40%	7.31%	4.75%
Standard Lithium	N/A	-11.52%	-10.25%

Is WLKP or SLI a better dividend stock?

Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Standard Lithium pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 147.1%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 106.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Lithium pays out 339.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WLKP or SLI?

Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Westlake Chemical Partners. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake Chemical Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Westlake Chemical Partners	$1.14B	0.72	$54.28M	$1.77	13.20
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	$108.82M	$0.59	2.31

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WLKP or SLI?

78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Standard Lithium 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WLKP or SLI?

Westlake Chemical Partners received 276 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave Westlake Chemical Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Westlake Chemical Partners	Outperform Votes 278 67.15%	Underperform Votes 136 32.85%
Standard Lithium	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Westlake Chemical Partners beats Standard Lithium on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.