SLVM vs. MATV, GLT, IP, SUZ, AU, KGC, MOS, X, RGLD, and AXTA
Should you be buying Sylvamo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylvamo include Mativ (MATV), Glatfelter (GLT), International Paper (IP), Suzano (SUZ), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Kinross Gold (KGC), Mosaic (MOS), United States Steel (X), Royal Gold (RGLD), and Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA).
Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Sylvamo pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ pays out -6.6% 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. Mativ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sylvamo has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.2% of Sylvamo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sylvamo presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.28%. Given Sylvamo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Mativ.
Sylvamo has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Mativ's net margin of -15.56%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 24.67% beat Mativ's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sylvamo had 1 more articles in the media than Mativ. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sylvamo and 3 mentions for Mativ. Mativ's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Sylvamo's score of 0.73 indicating that Mativ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sylvamo has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sylvamo received 6 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.
Summary
Sylvamo beats Mativ on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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