Valhi (VHI) Competitors

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and Valhi (NYSE:VHI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor CC or VHI?

In the previous week, Chemours had 20 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Chemours and 1 mentions for Valhi. Chemours' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Valhi's score of 0.00 indicating that Chemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemours	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valhi	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CC or VHI?

Chemours currently has a consensus price target of $21.56, suggesting a potential upside of 93.76%. Valhi has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.02%. Given Chemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Valhi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Valhi	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is CC or VHI a better dividend stock?

Chemours pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Valhi pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Chemours pays out 175.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Valhi pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CC or VHI?

Valhi has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chemours. Valhi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, 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
Chemours	$5.78B	0.29	-$238M	$0.57	19.52
Valhi	$2.10B	0.21	-$12.10M	$3.78	4.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CC or VHI?

Chemours received 403 more outperform votes than Valhi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.41% of users gave Valhi an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemours	Outperform Votes 637 60.67%	Underperform Votes 413 39.33%
Valhi	Outperform Votes 234 63.41%	Underperform Votes 135 36.59%

Which has more risk and volatility, CC or VHI?

Chemours has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valhi has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CC or VHI?

76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Valhi shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Chemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valhi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CC or VHI more profitable?

Valhi has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.51%. Chemours' return on equity of 26.54% beat Valhi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%
Valhi	4.29%	6.90%	3.36%

Summary

Chemours beats Valhi on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.