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Johnson Matthey (JMAT) Competitors

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GBX 2,034.16 +0.16 (+0.01%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Croda International
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Johnson Matthey
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Croda International9.98% 6.96% 3.69%
Johnson Matthey 0.84%4.49%3.41%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Croda International£1.67B2.38£162.90M£1.541,845.45
Johnson Matthey£11.67B0.29£98.34M£2.11963.15

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Croda International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Johnson Matthey
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JMAT vs. The Competition

MetricJohnson MattheySpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.41B£7.44B£3.78B£2.60B
Dividend Yield3.81%3.47%5.05%5.29%
P/E Ratio963.15641.91158.534,449.24
Price / Sales0.2997.7223,129.8799,975.32
Price / Cash9.3119.2524.3627.90
Price / Book1.572.897.088.35
Net Income£98.34M£220.83M£149.07M£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.81%2.01%3.02%0.99%
1 Month Performance6.00%1.53%12.62%6.24%
1 Year Performance31.92%-4.53%55.78%158.61%

Johnson Matthey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
1.1603 of 5 stars
GBX 2,034.16
+0.0%
GBX 1,875
-7.8%
+31.9%£3.41B£11.67B963.15N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
CRDA
Croda International
2.4322 of 5 stars
GBX 2,651
-1.8%
GBX 3,150
+18.8%
-33.2%£3.70B£1.67B1,721.435,852News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ELM
Elementis
1.1039 of 5 stars
GBX 159.60
-0.7%
GBX 170
+6.5%
N/A£922.94M£732.10M-1,246.881,281
VCT
Victrex
2.7847 of 5 stars
GBX 685
-0.4%
GBX 822
+20.0%
-24.5%£596.31M£297.30M2,020.651,109Positive News
Dividend Increase
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
N/AGBX 106.80
+0.2%
GBX 191.67
+79.5%
-26.0%£304.51M£295.10M3,236.36350
ZTF
Zotefoams
2.9319 of 5 stars
GBX 401
-0.5%
GBX 540
+34.7%
-1.1%£195.40M£154.16M34,869.57549
TET
Treatt
0.89 of 5 stars
GBX 267.50
-1.1%
GBX 256.67
-4.0%
-37.5%£157.70M£145.16M1,458.56350Dividend Increase
Gap Down
SYNT
Synthomer
2.6437 of 5 stars
GBX 73.17
-0.2%
GBX 142.50
+94.8%
-63.7%£119.61M£1.89B-143.194,200
IOF
Iofina
N/AGBX 23.50
+3.3%
GBX 40
+70.2%
+21.4%£45.09M£57.65M1,566.6795
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.55
+0.4%
N/AN/A£23.86M£3.61M-167.2767Gap Up

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