Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) Competitors

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CC or WLKP?

Chemours received 354 more outperform votes than Westlake Chemical Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.15% of users gave Westlake Chemical Partners an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemours	Outperform Votes 632 60.83%	Underperform Votes 407 39.17%
Westlake Chemical Partners	Outperform Votes 278 67.15%	Underperform Votes 136 32.85%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CC or WLKP?

76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Chemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CC or WLKP?

In the previous week, Chemours had 7 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Chemours and 1 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Chemours' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of 0.30 indicating that Chemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemours	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CC or WLKP?

Chemours currently has a consensus price target of $24.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.68%. Given Chemours' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chemours is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Westlake Chemical Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CC or WLKP?

Westlake Chemical Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chemours. Westlake Chemical Partners 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	$6.03B	0.47	-$238M	$0.50	37.78
Westlake Chemical Partners	$1.19B	0.67	$54.28M	$1.75	12.89

Is CC or WLKP a better dividend stock?

Chemours pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Chemours pays out 200.0% 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 Chemical Partners pays out 108.0% 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 Chemical Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CC or WLKP?

Chemours has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CC or WLKP more profitable?

Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.34%. Chemours' return on equity of 29.48% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	1.34%	29.48%	2.74%
Westlake Chemical Partners	5.40%	7.31%	4.75%

Summary

Westlake Chemical Partners beats Chemours on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.