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Valhi (VHI) Competitors

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$23.94 +0.34 (+1.44%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

VHI vs. PCT, PRM, BAK, NGVT, TROX, UAN, ECVT, WLKP, ASIX, and ASPI

Should you be buying Valhi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valhi include PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Braskem (BAK), Ingevity (NGVT), Tronox (TROX), CVR Partners (UAN), Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Valhi vs.

PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) and Valhi (NYSE:VHI) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valhi has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valhi has a net margin of 4.29% compared to PureCycle Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. Valhi's return on equity of 6.90% beat PureCycle Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PureCycle TechnologiesN/A -52.63% -20.69%
Valhi 4.29%6.90%3.36%

Valhi has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valhi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PureCycle TechnologiesN/AN/A-$101.71M-$1.50-7.79
Valhi$2.08B0.33-$12.10M$3.127.67

PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $10.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.25%. Valhi has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.46%. Given PureCycle Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Valhi.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PureCycle Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Valhi
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 0 mentions for Valhi. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Valhi's score of 0.00 indicating that PureCycle Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PureCycle Technologies Positive
Valhi Neutral

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Valhi shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valhi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valhi received 202 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Valhi an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PureCycle TechnologiesOutperform Votes
32
72.73%
Underperform Votes
12
27.27%
ValhiOutperform Votes
234
63.41%
Underperform Votes
135
36.59%

Summary

PureCycle Technologies beats Valhi on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VHI vs. The Competition

MetricValhiIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$677.38M$24.31B$2.77B$19.67B
Dividend Yield1.35%2.26%5.28%3.51%
P/E Ratio7.6711.32118.9943.80
Price / Sales0.333.84758,796.1117.65
Price / Cash16.1263.8423.6721.73
Price / Book0.549.543.455.46
Net Income-$12.10M$680.75M$151.50M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-1.52%-1.28%-2.74%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-8.14%-11.02%4.16%0.63%
1 Year Performance63.97%10.76%20.53%16.39%

Valhi Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VHI
Valhi
0.6736 of 5 stars
$23.94
+1.4%
$20.00
-16.5%
+73.7%$677.38M$2.08B7.672,196
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
0.5432 of 5 stars
$12.07
+2.7%
$10.60
-12.2%
+135.5%$2.09BN/A-7.83146News Coverage
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.6064 of 5 stars
$12.96
+1.1%
$14.50
+11.9%
+196.6%$1.90B$322.11M0.00240Positive News
BAK
Braskem
2.8239 of 5 stars
$4.19
-1.9%
$9.75
+132.7%
-39.3%$1.89B$74.95B-1.208,310
NGVT
Ingevity
3.1913 of 5 stars
$45.83
flat
$52.17
+13.8%
-5.2%$1.67B$1.48B-2.931,700
TROX
Tronox
4.2356 of 5 stars
$10.48
-1.3%
$18.00
+71.8%
-25.5%$1.66B$2.85B-22.126,500Positive News
UAN
CVR Partners
2.4307 of 5 stars
$75.45
+0.4%
N/A+11.4%$1.29B$527.39M15.12310Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
ECVT
Ecovyst
4.3924 of 5 stars
$7.59
+1.5%
$10.75
+41.6%
-21.7%$884.31M$691.10M16.26880Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.1357 of 5 stars
$23.67
-1.1%
N/A+5.3%$834.13M$1.19B13.67150News Coverage
ASIX
AdvanSix
4.7298 of 5 stars
$30.55
-1.3%
$39.50
+29.3%
+2.6%$816.60M$1.53B21.701,450Short Interest ↑
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.7074 of 5 stars
$5.85
+17.0%
$4.50
-23.1%
+204.5%$417.63M$3.38M-9.3176High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:VHI) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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