Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TSE or ASIX?

AdvanSix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinseo. Trinseo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, 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
Trinseo	$3.51B	0.05	-$348.50M	-$9.86	-0.47
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.47	$44.15M	$1.61	16.68

Which has more volatility and risk, TSE or ASIX?

Trinseo has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TSE or ASIX?

82.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer TSE or ASIX?

In the previous week, Trinseo had 1 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Trinseo and 2 mentions for AdvanSix. Trinseo's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat AdvanSix's score of 0.44 indicating that Trinseo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinseo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AdvanSix	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TSE or ASIX a better dividend stock?

Trinseo pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Trinseo pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AdvanSix pays out 39.8% 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.

Is TSE or ASIX more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Trinseo's net margin of -9.92%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 6.26% beat Trinseo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinseo	-9.92%	N/A	-9.59%
AdvanSix	2.91%	6.26%	3.10%

Do analysts recommend TSE or ASIX?

AdvanSix has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.11%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Trinseo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinseo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TSE or ASIX?

Trinseo received 96 more outperform votes than AdvanSix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.28% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Trinseo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinseo	Outperform Votes 348 60.52%	Underperform Votes 227 39.48%
AdvanSix	Outperform Votes 252 65.28%	Underperform Votes 134 34.72%

Summary

AdvanSix beats Trinseo on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.