Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX – Get Free Report) and Chemours (NYSE:CC – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bioceres Crop Solutions and Chemours, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Chemours | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.33 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chemours shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Chemours”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | $238.30 million | 0.09 | -$54.40 million | ($3.66) | -0.09 |
| Chemours | $5.80 billion | 0.36 | -$386.00 million | ($1.91) | -7.16 |
Bioceres Crop Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Chemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bioceres Crop Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Chemours’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bioceres Crop Solutions | -94.76% | -39.11% | -9.45% |
| Chemours | -5.00% | 60.64% | 1.48% |
Summary
Chemours beats Bioceres Crop Solutions on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bioceres Crop Solutions
Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides crop productivity solutions. It operates through Seed and Integrated Products, Crop Protection, and Crop Nutrition segments. The Seed and Integrated Products segment provides seed traits, germplasms, and seed treatment packs for healthier, and higher yielding crops. The Crop Protection segment develops, produces, and markets Rizoderma, adjuvants, therapies, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and baits. The Crop Nutrition segment develops, produces, commercializes, and sells inoculants, bio-inductors, and biological and microgranulated fertilizers. It also offers HB4, a drought tolerant seed technology program. The company operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, the United States, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, France, Uruguay, and internationally. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.
About Chemours
The Chemours Company provides performance chemicals in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It operates through three segments: Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials. The Titanium Technologies segment provides TiO2 pigment under the Ti-Pure brand for delivering whiteness, brightness, opacity, durability, efficiency, and protection in various of applications, such as architectural and industrial coatings, flexible and rigid plastic packaging, polyvinylchloride, laminate papers used for furniture and building materials, coated paper, and coated paperboard used for packaging. The Thermal & Specialized Solutions segment offers of refrigerants, thermal management solutions, propellants, foam blowing agents, and specialty solvents. The Advanced Performance Materials segment products portfolio includes various industrial resins, specialty products, membranes, and coatings for electronics, communications, transportation, wire and cable, energy, oil and gas, and medical, and other applications under the eflon, Viton, Krytox, and Nafion brands. The company sells its products through direct and indirect channels, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The Chemours Company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
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