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Johnson Matthey (JMAT) Competitors

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GBX 2,156 +40.00 (+1.89%)
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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

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 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£1.67B2.23£162.90M£1.541,733.77
Johnson Matthey£11.67B0.31£98.34M£2.111,020.83

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%

75.0% of Croda International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Croda International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Croda International has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 16 more articles in the media than Croda International. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 0 mentions for Croda International. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Croda International's score of 0.67 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Croda International Positive
Johnson Matthey Positive

Croda International presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,087.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.64%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 2,273.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.44%. Given Croda International's higher possible upside, equities research 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Croda International beats Johnson Matthey on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JMAT vs. The Competition

MetricJohnson MattheySpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.61B£7.40B£3.83B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.73%3.48%5.06%5.32%
P/E Ratio1,020.83641.15159.504,418.59
Price / Sales0.3198.3627,948.96101,543.62
Price / Cash9.3119.2527.0527.90
Price / Book1.662.927.438.24
Net Income£98.34M£220.83M£148.99M£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.46%-0.54%2.94%0.34%
1 Month Performance12.58%2.17%15.78%2.23%
1 Year Performance45.28%-0.42%69.13%143.05%

Johnson Matthey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
2.0309 of 5 stars
GBX 2,156
+1.9%
GBX 2,273.33
+5.4%
+39.8%£3.61B£11.67B1,020.83N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CRDA
Croda International
2.9475 of 5 stars
GBX 2,869
+1.0%
GBX 3,087.50
+7.6%
-32.7%£4.00B£1.67B1,862.995,852
ELM
Elementis
N/AGBX 161.60
-0.1%
GBX 170
+5.2%
+13.6%£929.69M£732.10M-1,262.501,281
VCT
Victrex
1.9009 of 5 stars
GBX 689
-0.7%
GBX 822
+19.3%
-28.8%£599.79M£297.30M2,032.451,109Dividend Increase
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
N/AGBX 110.80
+0.2%
GBX 191.67
+73.0%
-28.7%£316.31M£295.10M3,357.58350Gap Down
ZTF
Zotefoams
3.0954 of 5 stars
GBX 410.81
-1.2%
GBX 540
+31.4%
+0.2%£200.17M£154.16M35,722.17549News Coverage
Positive News
TET
Treatt
0.7611 of 5 stars
GBX 280.58
-0.1%
GBX 256.67
-8.5%
-41.6%£165.41M£145.16M1,529.88350Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
SYNT
Synthomer
2.443 of 5 stars
GBX 67.55
-1.4%
GBX 98.33
+45.6%
-67.5%£110.43M£1.89B-132.204,200
IOF
Iofina
1.2694 of 5 stars
GBX 23.10
-1.7%
GBX 40
+73.2%
+28.8%£44.32M£57.65M924.0095Gap Down
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.64
-1.5%
N/A+159.3%£27.67M£3.61M-193.9467Positive News
Gap Down

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