Contrasting Solstice Advanced Mat (SOLS) & The Competition

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) is one of 297 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Solstice Advanced Mat to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends 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 103.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Solstice Advanced Mat	$4.10 billion	$237.00 million	34.46
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	$8.14 billion	$216.34 million	-3.35

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

Profitability

This table compares Solstice Advanced Mat and its competitors’ 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	-102.12%	-11.12%	-1.68%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Solstice Advanced Mat and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solstice Advanced Mat	0	3	7	1	2.82
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	3195	12164	14178	490	2.40

Solstice Advanced Mat presently has a consensus target price of $78.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.30%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.64%. Given Solstice Advanced Mat’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Solstice Advanced Mat is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.2% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Solstice Advanced Mat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

About Solstice Advanced Mat

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.