Head to Head Review: Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CGIFF) versus Its Rivals

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (OTCMKTS:CGIFF) is one of 298 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.5% of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its peers, as provided 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	3109	11897	13918	491	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.32%. Given Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund and its peers’ 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	-119.32%	-12.78%	-2.00%

Dividends

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. 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 103.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	N/A	N/A	340.27
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Competitors	$8.03 billion	$217.41 million	-11.57

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s peers 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 peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund beats its peers 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.