MEOH vs. SXT, GPRE, NEU, HL, TFPM, IOSP, SBSW, KWR, EGO, and OR
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Sensient Technologies (SXT), Green Plains (GPRE), NewMarket (NEU), Hecla Mining (HL), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Innospec (IOSP), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Eldorado Gold (EGO), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Methanex pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensient Technologies pays out 73.9% 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 a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.14%. Sensient Technologies has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.04%. Given Methanex's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Methanex is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.67%. Sensient Technologies' return on equity of 11.52% beat Methanex's return on equity.
In the previous week, Methanex had 7 more articles in the media than Sensient Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Methanex and 4 mentions for Sensient Technologies. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Sensient Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex received 458 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 62.55% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Methanex beats Sensient Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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