Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CGIFF) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Review

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (OTCMKTS:CGIFF) is one of 298 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.5% of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	0	0	1	0	3.00
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	3196	12169	14275	501	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.41%. Given Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	N/A	N/A	345.03
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	$6.64 billion	$215.11 million	10.45

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	-103.27%	-11.30%	-1.82%

Dividends

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund pays out 3,463.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 104.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Company Profile

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund offers industrial chemicals and services in Canada, the United States, and South America. It operates in two segments, Sulphur and Water Chemicals (SWC), and Electrochemicals (EC). The company provides sulphuric acid, spent acid processing services, and inorganic coagulants for water treatment, sodium chlorate, sodium nitrite, and sodium hydrosulphite; and sulphur, chloralkali products, and zinc oxide. It also offers industrial services, such as processing by-products and waste streams. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.