JMAT vs. VCT, ELM, CRDA, EDV, FRES, CEY, BREE, VSVS, MNDI, and S32
Should you be buying Johnson Matthey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Matthey include Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Croda International (CRDA), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Fresnillo (FRES), Centamin (CEY), Breedon Group (BREE), Vesuvius (VSVS), Mondi (MNDI), and South32 (S32). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Victrex (LON:VCT) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Victrex pays out 8,450.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Matthey pays out 8,020.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Victrex received 24 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
Victrex presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,707.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.52%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 2,010, suggesting a potential upside of 14.40%. Given Johnson Matthey's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Victrex is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
98.0% of Victrex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Victrex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 1 more articles in the media than Victrex. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 0 mentions for Victrex. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Victrex's score of 0.00 indicating that Victrex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victrex has a net margin of 20.10% compared to Victrex's net margin of 1.27%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 12.30% beat Victrex's return on equity.
Victrex has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Victrex. Victrex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Matthey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Victrex beats Johnson Matthey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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