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GSM vs. MTRN, CMP, SXC, SCCO, FCX, TMC, FSM, USAR, PPTA, and AMR

Should you be buying Ferroglobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferroglobe include Materion (MTRN), Compass Minerals International (CMP), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), TMC the metals (TMC), Fortuna Mining (FSM), USA Rare Earth (USAR), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR).

Ferroglobe vs. Its Competitors

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Materion pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferroglobe pays out -10.5% 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. Materion has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Ferroglobe has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ferroglobe is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Materion has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Materion has a net margin of 0.94% compared to Ferroglobe's net margin of -6.99%. Materion's return on equity of 12.69% beat Ferroglobe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Materion0.94% 12.69% 6.48%
Ferroglobe -6.99%-2.85%-1.51%

Ferroglobe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Materion. Ferroglobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Materion$1.68B1.57$5.89M$0.80159.15
Ferroglobe$1.64B0.63$23.54M-$0.57-9.75

Materion currently has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.11%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Materion is more favorable than Ferroglobe.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Materion
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ferroglobe
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

In the previous week, Materion had 1 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Materion and 5 mentions for Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Materion's score of -0.22 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Materion
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ferroglobe
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Materion beats Ferroglobe on 13 of the 19 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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GSM vs. The Competition

MetricFerroglobeMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.04B$7.41B$3.80B$10.45B
Dividend Yield1.13%1.74%5.07%4.82%
P/E Ratio-9.7519.55157.8927.23
Price / Sales0.63174.5427,087.18134.52
Price / Cash7.1532.1924.3230.18
Price / Book1.259.377.426.76
Net Income$23.54M$276.93M$148.99M$276.50M
7 Day Performance8.38%16.18%5.31%0.85%
1 Month Performance34.30%61.64%17.72%8.16%
1 Year Performance21.40%136.20%72.97%43.62%

Ferroglobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.5967 of 5 stars
$5.56
+5.3%
N/A+16.6%$1.04B$1.64B-9.753,283High Trading Volume
MTRN
Materion
3.5548 of 5 stars
$125.85
+1.1%
$117.00
-7.0%
+19.3%$2.58B$1.68B157.313,037News Coverage
CMP
Compass Minerals International
1.0879 of 5 stars
$18.61
-1.0%
$20.00
+7.5%
+53.8%$783.75M$1.12B-6.371,894
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.7081 of 5 stars
$8.37
-0.7%
$13.00
+55.3%
-0.5%$713.73M$1.85B9.731,168
SCCO
Southern Copper
3.1724 of 5 stars
$130.30
+1.6%
$102.83
-21.1%
+13.2%$103.15B$11.43B28.5116,133Positive News
Gap Down
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8366 of 5 stars
$40.35
+1.7%
$46.74
+15.8%
-14.6%$56.96B$25.46B30.5728,500Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TMC
TMC the metals
1.4339 of 5 stars
$7.72
+4.2%
$7.33
-5.0%
+937.9%$3.01BN/A-20.8630News Coverage
FSM
Fortuna Mining
1.895 of 5 stars
$8.98
+0.6%
$8.00
-10.9%
+91.1%$2.74B$1.06B17.962,327Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
USAR
USA Rare Earth
1.9673 of 5 stars
$26.32
+1.4%
$17.67
-32.9%
N/A$2.53BN/A0.00N/ATrending News
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PPTA
Perpetua Resources
1.5916 of 5 stars
$23.58
+8.0%
$24.25
+2.8%
+188.6%$2.35BN/A-76.0630Analyst Forecast
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1.9545 of 5 stars
$170.34
+0.4%
$160.50
-5.8%
-25.4%$2.21B$2.96B-59.774,040

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This page (NASDAQ:GSM) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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