Venator Materials (VNTR) Competitors

Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) and Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer VNTR or LIN?

Linde has a consensus target price of $495.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Linde is more favorable than Venator Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Venator Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Linde	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Is VNTR or LIN more profitable?

Linde has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -8.65%. Linde's return on equity of 18.16% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Venator Materials	-8.65%	-8.18%	-1.70%
Linde	19.33%	18.16%	9.05%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VNTR or LIN?

29.0% of Venator Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Linde shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VNTR or LIN?

Venator Materials received 75 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.69% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Venator Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Venator Materials	Outperform Votes 431 59.70%	Underperform Votes 291 40.30%
Linde	Outperform Votes 356 63.69%	Underperform Votes 203 36.31%

Which has better valuation & earnings, VNTR or LIN?

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, 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
Venator Materials	$2.17B	27.36	-$188M	-$1.74	-319.28
Linde	$33.03B	6.29	$6.20B	$13.17	33.11

Does the media prefer VNTR or LIN?

In the previous week, Linde had 29 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Linde and 1 mentions for Venator Materials. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Venator Materials' score of 0.53 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Venator Materials	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Linde	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, VNTR or LIN?

Venator Materials has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Linde beats Venator Materials on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.