Materion (MTRN) Competitors

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTRN or SLCA?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MTRN or SLCA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Materion	$1.67B	1.37	$95.70M	$3.99	27.62
U.S. Silica	$1.55B	0.78	$146.93M	$1.47	10.55

Which has more volatility and risk, MTRN or SLCA?

Materion has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTRN or SLCA more profitable?

U.S. Silica has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Materion's net margin of 5.19%. U.S. Silica's return on equity of 13.77% beat Materion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Materion	5.19%	12.32%	6.10%
U.S. Silica	8.08%	13.77%	5.53%

Do analysts prefer MTRN or SLCA?

Materion currently has a consensus target price of $142.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.30%. U.S. Silica has a consensus target price of $15.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.68%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Materion is more favorable than U.S. Silica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
U.S. Silica	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTRN or SLCA?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Materion	Outperform Votes 311 61.34%	Underperform Votes 196 38.66%
U.S. Silica	Outperform Votes 867 73.98%	Underperform Votes 305 26.02%

Does the media prefer MTRN or SLCA?

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. Materion's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat U.S. Silica's score of 0.00 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Materion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. Silica	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Materion beats U.S. Silica on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.