CF vs. MOS, SMG, ICL, NTR, IP, BG, GFI, ALB, WRK, and SQM
Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), ICL Group (ICL), Nutrien (NTR), International Paper (IP), Bunge Global (BG), Gold Fields (GFI), Albemarle (ALB), WestRock (WRK), and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mosaic pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mosaic has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and CF Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Mosaic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.03% compared to CF Industries' net margin of 6.07%. Mosaic's return on equity of 14.08% beat CF Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CF Industries and 5 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Mosaic's score of 0.73 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CF Industries received 95 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.17% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mosaic currently has a consensus target price of $38.36, suggesting a potential upside of 22.20%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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