Comparing Solstice Advanced Mat (SOLS) & Its Competitors

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) is one of 297 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Solstice Advanced Mat to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Dividends

Solstice Advanced Mat pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Solstice Advanced Mat pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 103.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solstice Advanced Mat	5.13%	14.28%	4.82%
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	-60.60%	-10.75%	-1.28%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solstice Advanced Mat	$4.10 billion	$237.00 million	36.01
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	$8.29 billion	$216.43 million	-4.80

Solstice Advanced Mat’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Solstice Advanced Mat. Solstice Advanced Mat is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Solstice Advanced Mat and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solstice Advanced Mat	0	3	8	1	2.83
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	3212	12189	14208	499	2.40

Solstice Advanced Mat presently has a consensus target price of $79.11, suggesting a potential upside of 24.13%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.06%. Given Solstice Advanced Mat’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Solstice Advanced Mat is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

47.6% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Solstice Advanced Mat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Solstice Advanced Mat beats its peers on 10 of the 14 factors compared.

Solstice Advanced Mat Company Profile

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more.