MNDI vs. CRDA, S32, EDV, FRES, JMAT, WPM, ANTO, CRPR, CEY, and VSVS
Should you be buying Mondi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondi include Croda International (CRDA), South32 (S32), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Fresnillo (FRES), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Antofagasta (ANTO), James Cropper (CRPR), Centamin (CEY), and Vesuvius (VSVS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mondi (LON:MNDI) and Croda International (LON:CRDA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
95.6% of Mondi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Croda International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Mondi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Croda International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mondi has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Croda International has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondi has higher revenue and earnings than Croda International. Mondi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Croda International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Croda International has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Mondi's net margin of -2.09%. Mondi's return on equity of 8.44% beat Croda International's return on equity.
Mondi received 361 more outperform votes than Croda International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.49% of users gave Mondi an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Croda International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mondi had 8 more articles in the media than Croda International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mondi and 2 mentions for Croda International. Mondi's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Croda International's score of 0.48 indicating that Mondi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mondi currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,568.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.45%. Croda International has a consensus price target of GBX 5,175, indicating a potential upside of 6.37%. Given Croda International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Croda International is more favorable than Mondi.
Mondi pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mondi pays out 6,391.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Croda International pays out 8,861.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mondi is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Mondi beats Croda International on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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