Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT – Get Free Report) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ingevity and Standard Lithium”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Ingevity | $1.48 billion | 1.12 | -$564.50 million | ($15.53) | -2.94 |
Standard Lithium | N/A | N/A | $108.82 million | $0.59 | 2.56 |
Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingevity. Ingevity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Profitability
This table compares Ingevity and Standard Lithium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Ingevity | -38.11% | 24.46% | 4.29% |
Standard Lithium | N/A | -11.52% | -10.25% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ingevity and Standard Lithium, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Ingevity | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Standard Lithium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Ingevity currently has a consensus price target of $52.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Standard Lithium has a consensus price target of $3.95, suggesting a potential upside of 161.59%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Ingevity.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
91.6% of Ingevity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held 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.
Summary
Standard Lithium beats Ingevity on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ingevity
Ingevity Corporation manufactures and sells activated carbon products, derivative specialty chemicals, and engineered polymers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. It operates through three segments: Performance Materials, Performance Chemicals, and Advanced Polymer Technologies. The Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based and chemically activated carbon products for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, motorcycles, trucks, and boats. This segment also produces other activated carbon products for food, water, beverage, and chemical purification applications. The Performance Chemicals segment consists of road technologies and industrial specialties. This segment's products are used in pavement construction, pavement preservation, pavement reconstruction and recycling, road markings, agrochemical dispersants, paper chemicals, and other industrial uses. The Advanced Polymer Technologies segment produces caprolactone and caprolactone-based specialty polymers for use in coatings, resins, elastomers, adhesives, bioplastics, and medical devices. It serves automotive parts and components manufacturers through sales representatives and distributors. The company was formerly known as WestRock Company, Specialty Chemicals Business and changed its name to Ingevity Corporation in September 2015. Ingevity Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina.
About Standard Lithium
Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project with area of approximately 150,000 acres located in southern Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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