RYAM vs. MERC, FSTR, IPI, PLL, TG, VZLA, DC, AVD, ATLX, and ODV
Should you be buying Rayonier Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier Advanced Materials include Mercer International (MERC), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Tredegar (TG), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Dakota Gold (DC), American Vanguard (AVD), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Mercer International currently has a consensus target price of $9.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.81%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Given Mercer International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
Mercer International received 80 more outperform votes than Rayonier Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave Rayonier Advanced Materials an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Mercer International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Mercer International had 9 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mercer International and 3 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 0.11 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.15% compared to Rayonier Advanced Materials' net margin of -12.14%. Mercer International's return on equity of -6.80% beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.03, meaning that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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