GSM vs. MTRN, CMP, SXC, SCCO, FCX, FSM, TMC, SKE, 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), Fortuna Mining (FSM), TMC the metals (TMC), Skeena Resources (SKE), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Materion had 4 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Materion and 3 mentions for Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Materion's score of 1.25 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Materion currently has a consensus price target of $117.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Materion is more favorable than Ferroglobe.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Ferroglobe has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ferroglobe is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Materion has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:GSM) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
