MP vs. CLF, HBM, NGD, SGML, GSM, CRML, MTAL, LAC, LAAC, and TMC
Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Ferroglobe (GSM), Critical Metals (CRML), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), and TMC the metals (TMC). These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 3 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 4 mentions for MP Materials. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 1.03 indicating that MP Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cleveland-Cliffs has a net margin of 1.78% compared to MP Materials' net margin of 1.62%. Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity of 8.69% beat MP Materials' return on equity.
Cleveland-Cliffs received 655 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.
Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cleveland-Cliffs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MP Materials presently has a consensus target price of $23.64, suggesting a potential upside of 59.32%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus target price of $20.64, suggesting a potential upside of 30.57%. Given MP Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.
Summary
Cleveland-Cliffs beats MP Materials on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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