SXT vs. ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, IOSP, KWR, MTX, and SCL
Should you be buying Sensient Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensient Technologies include Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), Innospec (IOSP), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sensient Technologies vs.
Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) and Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Sensient Technologies pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albemarle pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. Sensient Technologies' return on equity of 11.93% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Albemarle received 478 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.68% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote.
Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albemarle has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Albemarle had 2 more articles in the media than Sensient Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Albemarle and 13 mentions for Sensient Technologies. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Albemarle's score of -0.35 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sensient Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.71%. Albemarle has a consensus price target of $109.68, suggesting a potential upside of 34.98%. Given Albemarle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
Sensient Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Albemarle. Albemarle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sensient Technologies beats Albemarle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SXT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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