SLCA vs. MTRN, GSM, SXC, CMP, SCCO, FCX, KNF, HL, USLM, and UUUU
Should you be buying U.S. Silica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Silica include Materion (MTRN), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Energy Fuels (UUUU).
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Materion has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Silica has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Materion. U.S. Silica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 8.08% compared to U.S. Silica's net margin of 5.19%. Materion's return on equity of 13.77% beat U.S. Silica's return on equity.
U.S. Silica received 556 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.98% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 61.34% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Materion had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Materion and 2 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Materion's score of 0.00 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Materion currently has a consensus price target of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.30%. U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.68%. Given U.S. Silica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Materion is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
Summary
Materion beats U.S. Silica on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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