Kemira Oyj (OTCMKTS:KOYJF – Get Free Report) and Basf (OTCMKTS:BASFY – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.0% of Basf shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Kemira Oyj and Basf’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kemira Oyj | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Basf | 9.40% | 5.66% | 2.51% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kemira Oyj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Basf | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.56 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kemira Oyj and Basf”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kemira Oyj | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Basf | $67.48 billion | 0.79 | $1.83 billion | $1.94 | 7.73 |
Basf has higher revenue and earnings than Kemira Oyj.
Summary
Basf beats Kemira Oyj on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kemira Oyj
Kemira Oyj operates as a chemicals company in Finland, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Pulp & Paper and Industry & Water. The Pulp & Paper segment develops and commercializes pulp and paper, as well as a range of products for paper wet-end, including packaging and board, and tissue products. The Industry & Water segment offers coagulants, polymers, and other water treatment chemicals. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
About Basf
BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems comprising isocyanates, polyamides, and inorganic basic products, as well as specialties for plastics and plastics processing industries. The Industrial Solutions segment develops and markets ingredients and additives for industrial applications, such as polymer dispersions, resins, additives, electronic materials, and antioxidants for automotive, plastics, paints and coatings, electronics, and energy and resource industries. The Surface Technologies segment provides automotive OEM and refinish coatings, surface treatment, catalysts, battery materials, and precious and base metal services for the automotive and chemical sectors. The Nutrition & Care segment offers ingredients for consumer goods in the areas of nutrition, home, personal care, and technical applications; and serves the food and feed producers, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergents, cleaners, and crop protection industries, as well as fast-moving consumer goods sector. The Agricultural Solutions segment provides seeds and seed treatment products; fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological crop protection products; and digital farming solutions. The company engages in engineering and other; rental and leasing; and commodity trading activities. BASF SE was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
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