Comparing Solstice Advanced Mat (SOLS) & Its Rivals

Solstice Advanced Mat (NASDAQ:SOLS) is one of 298 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Solstice Advanced Mat to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

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 102.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Solstice Advanced Mat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and 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	$3.89 billion	$237.00 million	34.53
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	$6.26 billion	$217.41 million	-11.56

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.

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	-119.32%	-12.78%	-2.00%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Solstice Advanced Mat and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solstice Advanced Mat	0	3	7	1	2.82
Solstice Advanced Mat Competitors	3107	11894	13915	491	2.40

Solstice Advanced Mat currently has a consensus price target of $78.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.05%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.63%. Given Solstice Advanced Mat’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Solstice Advanced Mat is more favorable than its peers.

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.