Contrasting Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CGIFF) & Its Peers

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (OTCMKTS:CGIFF) is one of 297 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Dividends

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund pays out 3,463.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 102.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	0	0	1	0	3.00
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	3195	12161	14178	490	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 9.09%. Given Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	N/A	N/A	345.03
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	$6.34 billion	$216.34 million	-2.80

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	-102.12%	-11.12%	-1.68%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.5% of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund offers industrial chemicals and services in Canada, the United States, and South America. It operates in two segments, Sulphur and Water Chemicals (SWC), and Electrochemicals (EC). The company provides sulphuric acid, spent acid processing services, and inorganic coagulants for water treatment, sodium chlorate, sodium nitrite, and sodium hydrosulphite; and sulphur, chloralkali products, and zinc oxide. It also offers industrial services, such as processing by-products and waste streams. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.