MEOH vs. AXTA, ICL, ALTM, CSWI, ESI, AVNT, CC, PRM, PCT, and BAK
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ICL Group (ICL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Methanex vs.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Methanex. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by company 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 received 244 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.12%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 24.92% beat Methanex's return on equity.
Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus target price of $43.18, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Methanex has a consensus target price of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Methanex.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Methanex had 9 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Methanex and 7 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.29 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Methanex on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MEOH) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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