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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Materion beats Ferroglobe on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:GSM) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
