ELM vs. JMAT, VCT, ESNT, SYNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, ITX, and WCH
Should you be buying Elementis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elementis include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Victrex (VCT), Essentra (ESNT), Synthomer (SYNT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Treatt (TET), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), Itaconix (ITX), and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) and Elementis (LON:ELM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elementis has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Elementis received 8 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Johnson Matthey pays out 13,050.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Elementis pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Elementis has a net margin of 3.71% compared to Elementis' net margin of 0.84%. Elementis' return on equity of 4.39% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.
61.3% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Elementis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Elementis had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elementis and 2 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Elementis' score of 0.03 indicating that Elementis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Elementis. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elementis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Matthey currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,993.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.39%. Elementis has a consensus target price of GBX 164.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.35%. Given Elementis' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Matthey is more favorable than Elementis.
Summary
Elementis beats Johnson Matthey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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