SLI vs. ECVT, WLKP, OEC, ASIX, VHI, LXFR, ASPI, ARQ, TSE, and ADUR
Should you be buying Standard Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Lithium include Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Orion (OEC), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Trinseo (TSE), and Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Standard Lithium vs.
Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Standard Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Ecovyst had 3 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecovyst and 0 mentions for Standard Lithium. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Standard Lithium's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Standard Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $3.95, indicating a potential upside of 182.14%. Ecovyst has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.78%. Given Standard Lithium's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Ecovyst.
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 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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