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 basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Methanex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Chemours' net margin of 0.54%. Chemours' return on equity of 23.82% beat Methanex's return on equity.
Methanex currently has a consensus target price of $44.88, indicating a potential upside of 32.81%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 39.79%. Given Chemours' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Methanex.
73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Chemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Methanex had 4 more articles in the media than Chemours. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Methanex and 2 mentions for Chemours. Chemours' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Methanex's score of 0.25 indicating that Chemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Methanex pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemours pays out 175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methanex has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Methanex has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Methanex beats Chemours on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MEOH) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff