Ferroglobe (GSM) Competitors

Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend GSM or MTRN?

Materion has a consensus target price of $152.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.64%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Materion is more favorable than Ferroglobe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferroglobe	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GSM or MTRN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferroglobe	$1.64B	0.40	$82.66M	$0.02	174.50
Materion	$1.68B	1.02	$95.70M	$0.29	285.41

Does the media favor GSM or MTRN?

In the previous week, Materion had 5 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Materion and 5 mentions for Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Materion's score of -0.02 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ferroglobe	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Materion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GSM or MTRN a better dividend stock?

Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ferroglobe pays out 250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Materion pays out 186.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Materion has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, GSM or MTRN?

Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSM or MTRN?

Ferroglobe received 260 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.00% of users gave Ferroglobe an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ferroglobe	Outperform Votes 573 71.00%	Underperform Votes 234 29.00%
Materion	Outperform Votes 313 61.13%	Underperform Votes 199 38.87%

Is GSM or MTRN more profitable?

Materion has a net margin of 0.35% compared to Ferroglobe's net margin of 0.32%. Materion's return on equity of 12.42% beat Ferroglobe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferroglobe	0.32%	6.36%	3.43%
Materion	0.35%	12.42%	6.24%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GSM or MTRN?

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

Summary

Materion beats Ferroglobe on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.