JMAT vs. CRDA, VCT, ELM, SYNT, ESNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, and ITX
Should you be buying Johnson Matthey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Matthey include Croda International (CRDA), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
68.6% of Croda International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Croda International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 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.
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 Croda International's net margin of 0.84%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 7.17% beat Croda International's return on equity.
Croda International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Johnson Matthey. 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.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 2 more articles in the media than Croda International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 0 mentions for Croda International. Croda International's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Johnson Matthey's score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Croda International has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Croda International currently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,175, suggesting a potential upside of 19.82%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 1,993.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.54%. Given Croda International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Matthey is more favorable than Croda International.
Summary
Croda International and Johnson Matthey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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