CRDA vs. JMAT, VCT, ELM, SYNT, ESNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, and ITX
Should you be buying Croda International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Croda International include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Synthomer (SYNT), Essentra (ESNT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Treatt (TET), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Croda International (LON:CRDA) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Croda International. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Croda International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Croda International has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Croda International currently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,175, suggesting a potential upside of 13.02%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus price target of GBX 1,993.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Croda International's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Croda International is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
68.6% of Croda International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Croda International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson Matthey received 104 more outperform votes than Croda International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Croda International an outperform vote.
Croda International has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Johnson Matthey's net margin of 1.27%. Croda International's return on equity of 7.17% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 6 more articles in the media than Croda International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 0 mentions for Croda International. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Croda International's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Croda International pays out 8,934.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Matthey pays out 8,020.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Matthey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Johnson Matthey beats Croda International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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