Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) & Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) Head-To-Head Contrast

Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Huntsman”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
Huntsman	$5.68 billion	0.26	-$284.00 million	($1.04)	-8.21

Bioceres Crop Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Huntsman. Huntsman 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bioceres Crop Solutions and Huntsman, 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
Huntsman	3	9	2	1	2.07

Bioceres Crop Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 485.14%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $11.69, indicating a potential upside of 36.98%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Huntsman.

Profitability

This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Huntsman’s 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%
Huntsman	-3.05%	-3.49%	-1.45%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Huntsman beats Bioceres Crop Solutions on 12 of the 15 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 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.