Analyzing Covestro (COVTY) and Its Peers

Covestro (OTCMKTS:COVTY) is one of 298 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Covestro to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Covestro has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covestro’s rivals have a beta of 1.23, indicating that their average share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Covestro and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Covestro	-6.97%	-13.22%	-6.31%
Covestro Competitors	-103.27%	-11.30%	-1.82%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Covestro and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Covestro	$14.64 billion	-$728.62 million	-13.51
Covestro Competitors	$8.08 billion	$215.11 million	-2.55

Covestro has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Covestro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Covestro and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covestro	0	1	0	0	2.00
Covestro Competitors	3196	12169	14275	503	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.41%. Given Covestro’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Covestro has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Covestro pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Covestro pays out -51.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Covestro is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Covestro rivals beat Covestro on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Covestro Company Profile

Covestro AG supplies high-tech polymer materials and application solutions. It operates in two segments, Performance Materials, and Solutions & Specialties. The Performance Materials segment develops, produces, and supplies high-performance materials, such as polyurethanes and polycarbonates, and base chemicals, which include diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluylene diisocyanate, long-chain polyols, and polycarbonate resins for use in furniture and wood processing, construction, automotive, and transportation industries, as well as roof structures, insulation for buildings and refrigerators, mattresses, car seats, and other applications. The Solutions & Specialties segment comprises a range of polymer products, including polycarbonates, precursors for coatings and adhesives, MDI specialties and polyols, thermoplastic polyurethanes, specialty films, and elastomers that are used in automotive and transportation, electrical, electronics and household appliances, construction, and healthcare industries, as well as composite resins for solar panel frames, laptops, floodlights, and electric vehicle batteries. The company markets its products through trading houses and distributors. It operates in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the United States, Canada, and the People's Republic of China. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.