Financial Review: Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF)

Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Keyuan Petrochemicals and International Flavors & Fragrances, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keyuan Petrochemicals	0	0	0	0	0.00
International Flavors & Fragrances	1	1	12	0	2.79

International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus price target of $92.54, indicating a potential upside of 18.88%. Given International Flavors & Fragrances’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Keyuan Petrochemicals.

Profitability

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and International Flavors & Fragrances’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A
International Flavors & Fragrances	2.12%	7.72%	3.72%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and International Flavors & Fragrances”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
International Flavors & Fragrances	$11.43 billion	1.74	-$2.57 billion	($3.27)	-23.80

Keyuan Petrochemicals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Flavors & Fragrances.

Summary

International Flavors & Fragrances beats Keyuan Petrochemicals on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Keyuan Petrochemicals

Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, Ningbo Keyuan, Ningbo Keyuan Petrochemicals, Keyuan Synthetic Rubbers, Guangxi Keyuan and Zhongkexuneng, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products and rubber in the People’s Republic of China. The Company’s segments include the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products (petrochemical segment) and the manufacture and sale of rubber products (rubber segment). The Petrochemicals Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of mixed light aromatics, mixed heavy aromatics, fine propylene, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methyltert-butylether and styrene. The Rubber Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of various rubber products. It manufactures and supplies various petrochemical and rubber products, including petrochemical products, such as Benzene Toluene-Xylene Aromatics (BTX Aromatics), propylene, styrene, LPG, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and rubber products.

About International Flavors & Fragrances

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. engages in the manufacture and supply of flavors and fragrances used in the food, beverage, personal care, and household products industries. It operates through the following segments: Nourish, Health & Biosciences, Scent and Pharma Solutions. The Nourish segment consists of legacy Taste segment combined with N&B’s Food & Beverage division and the food protection business of N&B’s Health & Biosciences division. The Health & Biosciences business consists of a biotechnology-driven portfolio of enzymes, food cultures, probiotics and specialty ingredients for food, home and personal care, and health and wellness applications. The Scent business creates fragrance compounds, fragrance ingredients and cosmetic ingredients that are integral elements in the world’s finest perfumes and best-known household and personal care products. The Pharma Solutions business produces a vast portfolio including cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients, used to improve the functionality and delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients, including controlled or modified drug release formulations, and enabling. The company was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in New York, NY.