MEOH vs. REGI, NEU, SXT, GPRE, REX, WLKP, LNZA, CDXS, FF, and AMTX
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Renewable Energy Group (REGI), NewMarket (NEU), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Codexis (CDXS), FutureFuel (FF), and Aemetis (AMTX).
Renewable Energy Group (NASDAQ:REGI) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Renewable Energy Group has a net margin of 5.12% compared to Renewable Energy Group's net margin of 4.63%. Methanex's return on equity of 11.00% beat Renewable Energy Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Methanex had 9 more articles in the media than Renewable Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Methanex and 1 mentions for Renewable Energy Group. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Renewable Energy Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Renewable Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Renewable Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Methanex. Renewable Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Methanex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Renewable Energy Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of Renewable Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Renewable Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex has a consensus price target of $56.88, suggesting a potential upside of 19.41%. Given Renewable Energy Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Renewable Energy Group.
Methanex received 205 more outperform votes than Renewable Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Renewable Energy Group an outperform vote while only 63.88% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Summary
Renewable Energy Group beats Methanex on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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