JMAT vs. CRDA, ELM, VCT, SCPA, ESNT, ZTF, TET, SYNT, IOF, and HAYD
Should you be buying Johnson Matthey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Matthey include Croda International (CRDA), Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Iofina (IOF), and Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Johnson Matthey vs. Its Competitors
Croda International (LON:CRDA) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Croda International presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,087.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 1,875, indicating a potential downside of 7.82%. Given Croda International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Croda International is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
Croda International has a net margin of 9.98% compared to Johnson Matthey's net margin of 0.84%. Croda International's return on equity of 6.96% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.
Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Croda International pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Johnson Matthey pays out 36.5% 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.
Croda International has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Croda International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Croda International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Croda International had 6 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Croda International and 1 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Croda International's score of -0.19 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.0% of Croda International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Croda International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Croda International beats Johnson Matthey on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JMAT) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff