Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) & Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) Head to Head Analysis

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Huntsman and Standard Lithium”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Huntsman	$5.95 billion	0.70	$101.00 million	($0.52)	-46.03
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	$108.82 million	$0.58	4.17

Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Huntsman has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Huntsman and Standard Lithium, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntsman	1	4	4	0	2.33
Standard Lithium	0	0	1	0	3.00

Huntsman currently has a consensus price target of $25.89, suggesting a potential upside of 8.16%. Standard Lithium has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.63%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Huntsman.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Huntsman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Huntsman and Standard Lithium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntsman	-1.44%	0.26%	0.12%
Standard Lithium	N/A	-15.67%	-14.05%

Summary

Standard Lithium beats Huntsman on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Huntsman

Huntsman Corporation manufactures and sells diversified organic chemical products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Polyurethanes, Performance Products, and Advanced Materials. The Polyurethanes segment offers polyurethane chemicals, including methyl diphenyl diisocyanate, polyether and polyester polyols, and thermoplastic polyurethane; and aniline, benzene, nitrobenzene and other co-products. The Performance Products segment manufactures amines, such as polyetheramines, ethyleneamines, DGA Agent, JEFFCAT catalysts, and E-GRADE specialty amines and carbonates; and maleic anhydrides. The Advanced Materials segment offers epoxy, phenoxy, acrylic, polyurethane, and acrylonitrile-butadiene-based polymer formulations; and thermoset resins, curing and toughening agents, and carbon nanomaterials. The company provides pre-and post-sales technical service support to customers. Its products are used in a range of applications, including adhesives, aerospace, automotive, construction products, durable and non-durable consumer products, electronics, insulation, packaging, coatings and construction, power generation, and refining, as well as serves the elastomers, insulation, footwear, furniture, industrial, oil and gas, liquid natural gas transport, printed circuit boards, consumer, appliances, electrical power transmission and distribution, recreational sports equipment, and medical appliances markets. The company sells its products through a network of distributors and agents. Huntsman Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

About Standard Lithium

Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project with area of approximately 150,000 acres located in southern Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.