ATI vs. FMC, GGB, RGLD, AXTA, KGC, CLF, PAAS, X, TX, and OLN
Should you be buying ATI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATI include FMC (FMC), Gerdau (GGB), Royal Gold (RGLD), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Kinross Gold (KGC), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Pan American Silver (PAAS), United States Steel (X), Ternium (TX), and Olin (OLN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ATI (NYSE:ATI) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of ATI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FMC has a net margin of 29.45% compared to ATI's net margin of 8.70%. ATI's return on equity of 23.72% beat FMC's return on equity.
ATI currently has a consensus price target of $59.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.09%. FMC has a consensus price target of $71.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.68%. Given FMC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FMC is more favorable than ATI.
FMC received 264 more outperform votes than ATI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.89% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave ATI an outperform vote.
ATI has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FMC has higher revenue and earnings than ATI. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FMC had 17 more articles in the media than ATI. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for FMC and 17 mentions for ATI. ATI's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat FMC's score of 0.21 indicating that ATI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FMC beats ATI on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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