SLCA vs. CMP, LEU, PLL, IPI, HL, SSRM, GSM, MATV, MTUS, and RYI
Should you be buying U.S. Silica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Silica include Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Hecla Mining (HL), SSR Mining (SSRM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Mativ (MATV), Metallus (MTUS), and Ryerson (RYI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 9.47% compared to U.S. Silica's net margin of -4.97%. Compass Minerals International's return on equity of 18.56% beat U.S. Silica's return on equity.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Silica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica received 587 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 42.94% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, U.S. Silica had 2 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for U.S. Silica and 16 mentions for Compass Minerals International. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.28 indicating that Compass Minerals International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are owned 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.
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus price target of $33.80, indicating a potential upside of 159.20%. U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.60%. Given U.S. Silica's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
Summary
U.S. Silica beats Compass Minerals International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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