AMR vs. SMG, CSWI, CC, AVNT, FUL, HUN, SBSW, KWR, MEOH, and TFPM
Should you be buying Alpha Metallurgical Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Metallurgical Resources include Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Chemours (CC), Avient (AVNT), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Huntsman (HUN), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Methanex (MEOH), and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Scotts Miracle-Gro currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus price target of $284.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.13%. Given Alpha Metallurgical Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Scotts Miracle-Gro is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Alpha Metallurgical Resources' net margin of -10.14%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity of 36.77% beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity.
74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Metallurgical Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 5 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.54 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Scotts Miracle-Gro received 188 more outperform votes than Alpha Metallurgical Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.27% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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