VNTRQ vs. ALTM, HGASW, MOOV, BHP, SHW, RIO, ECL, SCCO, APD, and FCX
Should you be buying Venator Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Venator Materials include Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Global Gas (HGASW), Moove Lubricants (MOOV), BHP Group (BHP), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Ecolab (ECL), Southern Copper (SCCO), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Venator Materials vs.
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) and Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Arcadium Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Venator Materials. Venator Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadium Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Arcadium Lithium had 9 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Arcadium Lithium and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of -0.22 indicating that Venator Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcadium Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.36%. Given Arcadium Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arcadium Lithium is more favorable than Venator Materials.
Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Venator Materials has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Venator Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Arcadium Lithium received 2 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
Arcadium Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Arcadium Lithium's return on equity of 0.00% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Arcadium Lithium beats Venator Materials on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VNTRQ) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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