WLK vs. LYB, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, IFF, NEU, MEOH, and SXT
Should you be buying Westlake stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake vs.
LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) and Westlake (NYSE:WLK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
LyondellBasell Industries presently has a consensus target price of $94.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.96%. Westlake has a consensus target price of $154.85, suggesting a potential upside of 31.37%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westlake is more favorable than LyondellBasell Industries.
LyondellBasell Industries received 291 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.58% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 7 mentions for Westlake. Westlake's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat LyondellBasell Industries' score of 0.08 indicating that Westlake is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Westlake's net margin of 0.81%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 17.05% beat Westlake's return on equity.
71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Westlake shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westlake pays out 295.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LyondellBasell Industries has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Westlake has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. LyondellBasell Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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