SXT vs. ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, IOSP, MTX, KWR, 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), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sensient Technologies vs.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Albemarle received 476 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Albemarle pays out -9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensient Technologies pays out 78.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albemarle has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 5.80% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -28.80%. Sensient Technologies' return on equity of 11.41% beat Albemarle's return on equity.
Albemarle has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. 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.
Albemarle has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Albemarle currently has a consensus target price of $115.65, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Sensient Technologies has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Given Albemarle's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albemarle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Sensient Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sensient Technologies and 2 mentions for Albemarle. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Albemarle's score of 0.50 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sensient Technologies beats Albemarle on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SXT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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