MX vs. BTO, LUG, ELD, SJ, HBM, OR, CIA, CGG, EQX, and ERO
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include B2Gold (BTO), Lundin Gold (LUG), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Stella-Jones (SJ), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Champion Iron (CIA), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Equinox Gold (EQX), and Ero Copper (ERO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Methanex (TSE:MX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
B2Gold has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
B2Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$6.10, indicating a potential upside of 73.15%. Methanex has a consensus target price of C$50.00, indicating a potential downside of 27.02%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Methanex.
Methanex has a net margin of 4.68% compared to Methanex's net margin of 0.52%. B2Gold's return on equity of 12.35% beat Methanex's return on equity.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of C$1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. B2Gold pays out 2,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methanex pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
66.9% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of B2Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than B2Gold. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B2Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Methanex had 6 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Methanex and 2 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Methanex's score of 0.45 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
B2Gold received 421 more outperform votes than Methanex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.91% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Summary
B2Gold beats Methanex on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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