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Best Specialty Chemical Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top specialty chemical stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best specialty chemical stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the specialty chemicals industry.

Industry: Specialty Chemicals
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ODC
OIL-DRI CORP OF AMERICA
$77.811.29%11.80%9.72%23.08%34.25%86.10%125.21%142.55%144.99%$79.38$36.841.98%111.22%0.5921,459-38.23%
EMN
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
$98.751.28%1.45%-1.77%19.54%29.47%22.29%-20.39%27.86%15.61%$102.71$68.893.86%43.34%1.13602,281-28.39%
HDSN
HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC
$9.372.63%-9.29%-13.16%-28.25%-24.19%20.59%320.18%380.51%187.42%$15.24$7.5638.52%23.94%0.79620,188-43.17%
LYB
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV
$99.740.63%-1.93%-3.94%5.58%8.17%8.71%-12.61%17.05%6.05%$106.69$84.806.51%17.62%1.211,620,2578.76%
CBT
CABOT CORP
$95.941.94%2.66%1.79%25.04%44.75%35.99%52.48%107.71%64.62%$98.34$63.732.44%50.54%1.28454,59298.38%
WDFC
WD 40 CO
$233.291.43%4.04%-9.94%-11.52%5.57%26.39%-3.07%38.55%226.14%$278.78$182.5316.32%27.81%0.5961,917-30.67%
FF
FUTUREFUEL CORP
$5.380.00%-3.76%-33.66%-0.19%-19.82%-30.49%-59.58%-63.02%-74.26%$10.31$5.2747.82%2.09%0.94258,7996.10%
RPM
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC
$111.201.81%2.41%-1.68%6.04%15.59%38.09%13.86%82.32%162.45%$120.74$78.527.90%41.62%0.97543,83946.91%
NEU
NEWMARKET CORP
$552.781.08%3.30%-10.03%-4.33%12.39%40.72%58.21%30.25%47.15%$650.00$387.1614.96%42.78%0.5526,119-14.51%
OLN
OLIN CORP
$54.681.96%2.13%-6.34%8.00%24.53%-0.16%17.77%161.25%98.76%$60.60$41.719.77%31.10%1.32759,002-20.11%
MTX
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC
$78.581.80%4.70%6.65%12.98%33.73%27.54%-4.74%28.50%31.14%$78.70$48.610.15%61.65%1.23145,684-34.59%
APD
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC
$247.600.70%3.98%4.20%13.55%-15.00%-16.23%-15.68%20.20%108.44%$307.71$212.2419.53%16.66%0.92935,783-36.55%
ALTM
ARCADIUM LITHIUM PLC
$4.761.71%5.31%6.97%12.26%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$7.27$3.6734.53%29.70%1.776,758,265-28.93%
SQM
CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
$47.960.59%1.59%-3.71%18.36%0.00%-30.49%-9.75%31.61%60.56%$81.50$38.5041.15%24.57%1.25615,374-24.44%
FUL
FULLER H B CO
$78.451.98%4.11%0.35%2.78%12.10%18.49%13.68%59.45%66.56%$84.31$62.576.95%25.38%1.12194,8213.56%
ALB
ALBEMARLE CORP
$130.782.09%4.02%-0.69%15.71%9.48%-29.64%-14.44%69.73%91.65%$247.44$106.6947.15%22.58%1.361,945,078-24.68%
ASH
ASHLAND INC
$97.341.55%0.33%1.79%7.69%25.99%8.82%10.18%28.06%-4.42%$99.55$70.822.22%37.45%0.97254,32311.10%
PPG
PPG INDUSTRIES INC
$133.040.09%1.76%-4.91%-4.90%4.14%-4.07%-26.13%14.40%36.12%$152.89$120.3312.98%10.57%1.001,159,43410.12%
IOSP
INNOSPEC INC
$124.402.21%2.65%0.04%7.37%23.51%26.47%21.05%44.53%195.63%$131.18$91.745.17%35.61%1.0759,409-13.66%
CMT
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
$19.314.10%1.63%8.97%17.60%-23.89%1.31%70.58%144.12%56.99%$30.09$16.0035.83%20.69%0.6735,48045.58%
AXTA
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD
$35.480.80%12.03%7.65%9.44%20.93%16.02%5.91%32.83%N/A$35.59$25.030.31%41.75%1.132,339,072-40.62%
FSI
FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
$2.06-2.60%-4.63%-7.62%10.75%7.29%-27.21%-35.42%-31.10%216.92%$3.04$1.3632.24%51.47%0.6422,0764,203.31%
KWR
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
$185.21-0.19%-2.73%-5.75%-2.66%13.22%-12.90%-21.75%-14.24%147.64%$221.94$138.6716.55%33.56%1.24103,614-24.83%
HWKN
HAWKINS INC
$78.532.52%0.38%-0.81%32.92%29.25%94.53%129.75%290.50%352.88%$79.30$39.920.97%96.71%0.9094,30326.11%
KOP
KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC
$43.12-1.93%-19.36%-22.46%-14.75%15.60%33.21%20.65%48.74%18.14%$58.23$28.4525.95%51.59%1.54185,527-43.38%
NTIC
NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
$18.644.43%6.45%54.69%47.59%51.92%64.23%22.23%41.96%77.52%$18.77$10.080.69%84.92%0.4976,253101.23%
OEC
ORION SA
$23.790.81%-0.88%-3.53%4.89%18.89%-0.59%7.16%13.88%N/A$28.48$19.3216.47%23.14%1.36497,727-16.01%
SHW
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
$314.991.19%2.91%-5.21%2.31%25.74%36.40%10.37%108.88%376.23%$348.37$221.769.58%42.04%0.921,529,379-23.93%
WLK
WESTLAKE CORP
$153.300.69%1.52%-3.07%10.00%26.33%29.23%49.88%147.30%99.79%$162.64$103.285.74%48.44%1.26419,879-8.84%
GEVO
GEVO INC
$0.705.91%-1.83%-8.75%-20.75%-42.23%-43.17%-88.01%-67.79%-99.99%$1.86$0.5762.42%23.06%1.464,557,40411.58%
WTTR
SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC
$9.14-0.22%-3.89%-3.18%19.63%23.51%22.52%47.66%-20.17%N/A$9.74$6.786.16%34.87%1.141,088,729-40.02%
BCPC
BALCHEM CORP
$153.321.94%10.12%0.35%8.58%26.85%19.69%15.36%52.62%164.34%$159.52$110.743.89%38.45%0.85106,3724.27%
AVNT
AVIENT CORP
$44.450.66%2.66%4.12%23.20%37.02%14.71%-16.62%59.32%15.85%$44.93$27.741.07%60.27%1.42453,60348.63%
KRO
KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
$12.161.33%4.83%-0.57%34.36%58.54%44.59%-30.67%-5.81%-22.15%$12.48$6.162.56%97.40%0.99110,544-3.49%
SXT
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
$74.991.34%3.18%7.37%20.78%29.38%-1.13%-11.17%2.74%39.44%$78.70$52.904.71%41.76%0.93108,240-10.79%
SNES
SENESTECH INC
$0.84-2.44%13.04%24.78%-20.66%-78.25%-94.77%-99.77%-99.99%N/A$19.20$0.5295.62%61.73%0.30159,765138.93%
AVTR
AVANTOR INC
$24.870.61%3.28%-3.12%5.16%36.12%23.79%-19.83%N/AN/A$26.16$16.634.93%49.55%1.064,496,53830.97%
ECL
ECOLAB INC
$228.950.64%3.28%0.95%14.50%31.23%32.47%0.20%24.67%119.49%$231.86$156.721.26%46.09%1.06968,431-9.28%
ESI
ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC
$23.860.17%-1.20%-5.88%7.24%23.44%31.53%6.19%113.61%19.24%$25.81$17.537.56%36.11%1.201,149,24814.12%
ECVT
ECOVYST INC
$9.50-3.06%-4.52%-11.30%2.81%3.71%-9.61%-34.93%-39.87%N/A$12.35$8.2623.08%15.01%1.051,113,6811.45%
PRM
PERIMETER SOLUTIONS SA
$7.434.80%4.50%-1.07%51.32%133.65%0.95%N/AN/AN/A$8.42$2.7911.71%166.31%1.05436,229-0.90%
DD
DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC
$78.531.11%6.27%2.95%19.46%12.93%21.24%-3.53%-22.14%-46.70%$79.19$61.140.83%28.44%1.112,027,108-14.32%
SCL
STEPAN CO
$86.731.20%2.60%-0.95%-3.14%10.50%-4.81%-37.13%-5.90%59.49%$100.61$63.6013.80%36.37%0.8839,768-31.38%
ALTO
ALTO INGREDIENTS INC
$1.952.63%0.52%-10.96%4.28%-60.33%43.38%-66.78%77.27%-82.77%$4.98$1.3660.80%43.38%1.10619,06185.86%
LIN
LINDE PLC
$426.620.71%-4.15%-7.59%2.66%8.55%16.67%43.93%138.83%N/A$477.71$350.6010.69%21.68%0.931,485,596-42.61%
SSL
SASOL LTD
$7.202.13%0.84%-17.62%-14.39%-43.84%-44.06%-57.89%-77.11%-87.32%$14.49$6.7450.31%6.90%1.65353,206-40.07%
LOOP
LOOP INDUSTRIES INC
$2.860.18%-4.03%-4.03%-16.62%-10.63%-9.21%-65.08%-58.49%N/A$4.70$2.5839.15%10.85%0.7510,327-35.03%
IFF
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
$88.662.33%3.38%4.20%9.77%22.56%-8.73%-39.49%-35.62%-9.59%$97.49$62.119.06%42.75%0.932,471,77066.39%
DNMR
DANIMER SCIENTIFIC INC
$0.80-0.12%-8.32%-23.43%23.69%-50.98%-75.86%-95.45%N/AN/A$3.56$0.6077.42%34.00%1.92815,154-30.50%
CNEY
CN ENERGY GROUP INC
$0.8721.25%10.09%-30.71%-38.09%-68.27%-85.60%-99.34%N/AN/A$8.04$0.6789.14%31.08%0.7756,486163.67%
LWLG
LIGHTWAVE LOGIC INC
$4.140.73%6.15%-5.05%-12.10%-10.39%-11.91%165.38%360.00%459.46%$9.18$3.5754.90%16.13%1.25514,19128.47%
MATV
MATIV HOLDINGS INC
$18.410.93%-0.81%0.16%61.78%34.38%10.17%-61.37%-42.91%-56.37%$19.03$10.783.23%70.78%1.01314,29259.78%
HGAS
GLOBAL GAS CORP
$1.10-1.79%-14.06%-34.52%-60.71%-89.16%-88.96%-88.76%N/AN/A$10.66$1.0589.68%4.76%0.058,846-56.43%
CRKN
CROWN ELECTROKINETICS CORP
$0.05-4.26%-11.76%-18.18%-60.18%-82.07%-99.49%-99.98%N/AN/A$14.16$0.0499.68%4.65%1.066,891,808-58.12%
CC
CHEMOURS CO
$27.362.97%-1.19%1.15%-8.89%8.31%-6.81%-21.04%-13.45%N/A$39.05$15.1029.94%81.19%1.651,172,259-31.32%
NGVT
INGEVITY CORP
$53.850.54%5.69%14.67%24.34%34.42%-8.90%-37.67%-48.07%N/A$66.18$36.6618.63%46.89%1.25205,926-45.01%
FEAM
5E ADVANCED MATERIALS INC
$1.443.60%30.91%12.94%7.46%-39.75%-68.90%N/AN/AN/A$4.87$1.0370.43%39.81%1.28145,894-13.05%
TSE
TRINSEO PLC
$3.093.00%8.80%-13.69%-47.63%-52.09%-81.14%-95.50%-93.16%N/A$18.68$2.5983.46%19.54%1.59275,197-5.92%

Specialty Chemical Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty chemical stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best specialty chemical stocks to buy right now are:

1. Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC)


Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC) is the top specialty chemical stock with a Zen Score of 63, which is 28 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 35. It passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Oil Dri Of America has seen its stock return 86.1% over the past year, overperforming other specialty chemical stocks by 74 percentage points.

2. Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN)


Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN) is the second best specialty chemical stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 24 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 35. It passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Eastman Chemical Co has seen its stock return 22.29% over the past year, overperforming other specialty chemical stocks by 10 percentage points.

Eastman Chemical Co has an average 1 year price target of $106.31, an upside of 7.65% from Eastman Chemical Co's current stock price of $98.75.

Eastman Chemical Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Eastman Chemical Co, 46.15% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 53.85% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN)


Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) is the third best specialty chemical stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 24 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 35. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hudson Technologies has seen its stock return 20.59% over the past year, overperforming other specialty chemical stocks by 8 percentage points.

Hudson Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 38.74% from Hudson Technologies's current stock price of $9.37.

Hudson Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Hudson Technologies, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the specialty chemical stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 38 specialty chemical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty chemical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Futurefuel (NYSE:FF)


Futurefuel (NYSE:FF) has an annual dividend yield of 50.93%, which is 47 percentage points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 3.5%. Futurefuel's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Futurefuel's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Futurefuel's dividend payout ratio of 28.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Sasol (NYSE:SSL)


Sasol (NYSE:SSL) has an annual dividend yield of 8.83%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 3.5%. Sasol's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Sasol's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sasol's dividend payout ratio of 169.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO)


Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.25%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 3.5%. Kronos Worldwide's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Kronos Worldwide's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kronos Worldwide's dividend payout ratio of -176.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty chemical stocks up?

Specialty chemical stocks were up 1.14% in the last day, and up 1.97% over the last week. International Flavors & Fragrances was the among the top gainers in the specialty chemicals industry, gaining 2.33% yesterday.

IFF shares are trading higher after the company reported strong Q1 results and said it expects FY24 revenue to trend towards the higher end of its guidance range.

What are the most undervalued specialty chemical stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued specialty chemical stocks right now are:

1. Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN)


Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) is the most undervalued specialty chemical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Hudson Technologies has a valuation score of 100, which is 67 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 33. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudson Technologies's stock has gained 20.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty chemical industry by 8 percentage points.

2. Core Molding Technologies (NYSEMKT:CMT)


Core Molding Technologies (NYSEMKT:CMT) is the second most undervalued specialty chemical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Core Molding Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Core Molding Technologies's stock has gained 1.31% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty chemical industry by -11 percentage points.

3. Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM)


Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) is the third most undervalued specialty chemical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Arcadium Lithium has a valuation score of 71, which is 38 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Are specialty chemical stocks a good buy now?

61.9% of specialty chemical stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty chemical stocks to rise by 13.41% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty chemicals industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty chemicals industry is 33.09x.
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