GSM vs. MTRN, SLCA, SXC, CMP, SCCO, FCX, HBM, MP, NGD, and SGML
Should you be buying Ferroglobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferroglobe include Materion (MTRN), U.S. Silica (SLCA), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), and Sigma Lithium (SGML).
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Ferroglobe received 261 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Ferroglobe an outperform vote while only 61.34% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.
Materion presently has a consensus price target of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.30%. Given Ferroglobe's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Materion is more favorable than Ferroglobe.
In the previous week, Materion had 2 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Materion and 2 mentions for Ferroglobe. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Ferroglobe's score of 0.82 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Materion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Materion has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Materion has a net margin of 5.19% compared to Materion's net margin of 3.92%. Materion's return on equity of 15.06% beat Ferroglobe's return on equity.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Materion pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferroglobe pays out 14.7% 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. Materion has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Summary
Materion beats Ferroglobe on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ferroglobe News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GSM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GSM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ferroglobe Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
