CLW vs. MERC, MTAL, LEU, EXK, DRD, TGB, GATO, PACK, NFGC, and ASIX
Should you be buying Clearwater Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Paper include Mercer International (MERC), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Centrus Energy (LEU), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gatos Silver (GATO), Ranpak (PACK), New Found Gold (NFGC), and AdvanSix (ASIX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) and Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Mercer International currently has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.81%. Clearwater Paper has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Given Mercer International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than Mercer International.
Clearwater Paper received 44 more outperform votes than Mercer International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
Clearwater Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.8% of Mercer International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Mercer International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Clearwater Paper had 8 more articles in the media than Mercer International. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Clearwater Paper and 11 mentions for Mercer International. Clearwater Paper's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Mercer International's score of -0.16 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 5.17% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of -12.14%. Mercer International's return on equity of 18.13% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Clearwater Paper beats Mercer International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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