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Ferroglobe (GSM) Competitors

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GSM vs. MTRN, CMP, SXC, SCCO, FCX, SSRM, TMC, FSM, SKE, 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), Silver Standard Resources (SSRM), TMC the metals (TMC), Fortuna Mining (FSM), Skeena Resources (SKE), and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR).

Ferroglobe vs. Its Competitors

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

Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Materion pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferroglobe pays out -18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 0.59% compared to Ferroglobe's net margin of -3.80%. Materion's return on equity of 12.83% beat Ferroglobe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Materion0.59% 12.83% 6.49%
Ferroglobe -3.80%1.93%1.04%

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$1.68B1.06$5.89M$0.50171.18
Ferroglobe$1.64B0.49$23.54M-$0.33-13.11

Materion has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Materion had 5 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Materion and 2 mentions for Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Materion's score of 0.46 indicating that Ferroglobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Materion beats Ferroglobe on 10 of the 16 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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GSM vs. The Competition

MetricFerroglobeMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$791.29M$5.93B$3.27B$8.95B
Dividend Yield1.32%2.06%5.16%4.08%
P/E Ratio-13.1125.6994.4320.03
Price / Sales0.49378.5525,844,173,692,363,800.00120.16
Price / Cash6.1125.9123.8657.47
Price / Book0.977.225.905.67
Net Income$23.54M$278.68M$147.76M$248.47M
7 Day Performance14.44%1.54%1.48%2.90%
1 Month Performance17.87%10.15%6.12%5.75%
1 Year Performance-23.30%23.41%25.91%21.36%

Ferroglobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.2289 of 5 stars
$4.33
+2.0%
N/A-23.2%$791.29M$1.64B-13.113,283
MTRN
Materion
3.0464 of 5 stars
$77.94
+1.5%
N/A-19.2%$1.60B$1.68B13.943,037
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.7599 of 5 stars
$19.76
+4.7%
$19.00
-3.8%
+121.6%$783.18M$1.12B0.001,894
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.2154 of 5 stars
$8.07
+0.9%
$13.00
+61.2%
-12.4%$676.36M$1.94B7.331,168News Coverage
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.4486 of 5 stars
$94.70
+1.3%
$91.50
-3.4%
-3.6%$74.41B$11.43B20.4516,133Analyst Downgrade
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.6896 of 5 stars
$40.96
+1.8%
$48.27
+17.9%
-6.1%$57.80B$25.46B28.9328,500Positive News
SSRM
Silver Standard Resources
0.7785 of 5 stars
$13.03
+2.3%
$10.03
-23.0%
+195.1%$2.58B$995.62M27.702,300
TMC
TMC the metals
1.7434 of 5 stars
$6.56
flat
$5.08
-22.5%
+352.5%$2.38BN/A0.0030Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FSM
Fortuna Mining
0.9885 of 5 stars
$6.61
-0.6%
$7.00
+5.9%
+33.9%$2.04B$1.06B11.082,327
SKE
Skeena Resources
0.8685 of 5 stars
$15.60
+3.7%
N/A+182.4%$1.73BN/A0.0060
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
3.5667 of 5 stars
$105.97
-1.0%
$181.00
+70.8%
-63.6%$1.40B$2.96B52.974,040News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:GSM) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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