Financial Review: Covestro (COVTY) and Its Peers

Covestro (OTCMKTS:COVTY) is one of 297 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Covestro to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Covestro and its peers’ 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	-60.60%	-10.75%	-1.28%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Covestro and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Covestro	$14.64 billion	-$728.62 million	-13.47
Covestro Competitors	$6.36 billion	$216.43 million	-4.80

Covestro has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Covestro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, 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 peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covestro	0	1	0	0	2.00
Covestro Competitors	3212	12190	14210	499	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.13%. Given Covestro’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Covestro has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.6% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.8% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

Covestro peers beat Covestro on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Covestro

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.