MTX vs. TROX, KRO, MTRN, SLVM, ERO, CALM, AG, ANDE, SCL, and MP
Should you be buying Minerals Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minerals Technologies include Tronox (TROX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Materion (MTRN), Sylvamo (SLVM), Ero Copper (ERO), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Andersons (ANDE), Stepan (SCL), and MP Materials (MP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tronox has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Minerals Technologies has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of -11.93%. Tronox's return on equity of 10.87% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.
Tronox received 30 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.26% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote.
Minerals Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tronox. Tronox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Minerals Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tronox currently has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential downside of 18.61%. Minerals Technologies has a consensus price target of $68.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.27%. Given Tronox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Tronox.
In the previous week, Minerals Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Tronox. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Minerals Technologies and 12 mentions for Tronox. Tronox's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Minerals Technologies' score of -0.32 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Tronox pays out -22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minerals Technologies pays out 13.8% 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. Minerals Technologies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Minerals Technologies beats Tronox on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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