KOP vs. SSRM, PRM, MATV, GSM, RYI, LAC, SLCA, MTUS, DQ, and UAN
Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include SSR Mining (SSRM), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Mativ (MATV), Ferroglobe (GSM), Ryerson (RYI), Lithium Americas (LAC), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Metallus (MTUS), Daqo New Energy (DQ), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
SSR Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. SSR Mining pays out -41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koppers pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Koppers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SSR Mining is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Koppers has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Koppers' net margin of -6.87%. SSR Mining's return on equity of 20.10% beat Koppers' return on equity.
SSR Mining has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SSR Mining currently has a consensus target price of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 24.06%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.59%. Given SSR Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Koppers is more favorable than SSR Mining.
SSR Mining received 52 more outperform votes than Koppers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.69% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 53.00% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.
68.3% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Koppers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than SSR Mining. SSR Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koppers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Koppers had 17 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Koppers and 11 mentions for SSR Mining. SSR Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Koppers' score of 0.11 indicating that Koppers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Koppers beats SSR Mining on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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