VCT vs. JMAT, ELM, SYNT, ESNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, ITX, and WCH
Should you be buying Victrex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victrex include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Elementis (ELM), Synthomer (SYNT), Essentra (ESNT), 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 Victrex (LON:VCT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
61.3% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Victrex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Victrex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Victrex had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Victrex and 2 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Victrex's score of 0.51 indicating that Victrex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. Victrex pays out 17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Victrex received 23 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
Victrex has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Victrex's net margin of 0.84%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 6.36% beat Victrex's return on equity.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Victrex. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victrex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Matthey currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,993.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.07%. Victrex has a consensus price target of GBX 1,746.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.84%. Given Johnson Matthey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Victrex is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victrex has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Victrex beats Johnson Matthey on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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