MEOH vs. CC, CNQ, CVE, DOW, DVN, HAL, LYB, MUR, OVV, and SU
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Chemours (CC), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Cenovus Energy (CVE), DOW (DOW), Devon Energy (DVN), Halliburton (HAL), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), and Suncor Energy (SU).
Methanex vs. Its Competitors
Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Chemours (NYSE:CC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Methanex presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.32%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $18.63, indicating a potential upside of 28.99%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Methanex is more favorable than Chemours.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Methanex pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemours pays out -12.5% 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. Methanex has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Chemours is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Methanex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Chemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Methanex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Methanex has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Chemours' net margin of -7.19%. Chemours' return on equity of 35.14% beat Methanex's return on equity.
In the previous week, Methanex had 1 more articles in the media than Chemours. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Methanex and 5 mentions for Chemours. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Chemours' score of 0.39 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Chemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Methanex beats Chemours on 14 of the 20 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:MEOH) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
