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$33.79 +0.69 (+2.08%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methanex$3.72B0.61$163.99M$2.9811.34
Chemours$5.78B0.32$86M$0.2061.60

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methanex6.00% 12.45% 4.53%
Chemours 0.54%23.82%2.07%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methanex
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Chemours
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Methanex
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chemours
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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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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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MEOH vs. The Competition

MetricMethanexCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.23B$11.48B$3.21B$8.94B
Dividend Yield2.24%3.54%5.18%4.12%
P/E Ratio11.3421.2190.6819.74
Price / Sales0.614.4827,136,382,376,907,900.00109.12
Price / Cash3.507.1923.8157.06
Price / Book0.961.575.955.37
Net Income$163.99M$507.43M$150.74M$248.34M
7 Day Performance0.06%3.66%1.32%1.67%
1 Month Performance5.13%5.33%5.26%4.56%
1 Year Performance-29.84%-5.33%25.40%18.42%

Methanex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEOH
Methanex
4.8836 of 5 stars
$33.79
+2.1%
$44.88
+32.8%
-29.0%$2.23B$3.72B11.341,415High Trading Volume
CC
Chemours
4.2319 of 5 stars
$11.46
-2.2%
$17.22
+50.3%
-45.5%$1.72B$5.79B57.306,000Gap Down
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.5681 of 5 stars
$31.43
-0.1%
$63.00
+100.4%
-11.8%$65.74B$30.30B12.339,740Positive News
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8011 of 5 stars
$13.61
-0.3%
$25.75
+89.2%
-29.8%$24.62B$39.62B12.726,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
4.2802 of 5 stars
$26.53
-1.7%
$36.57
+37.8%
-47.2%$18.75B$42.96B66.3337,800
DVN
Devon Energy
4.8283 of 5 stars
$31.84
-1.3%
$43.50
+36.6%
-31.7%$20.44B$15.94B7.251,800Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.9012 of 5 stars
$20.37
-1.0%
$33.58
+64.8%
-36.7%$17.51B$22.94B8.5248,000
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.9175 of 5 stars
$57.93
-1.3%
$69.75
+20.4%
-35.4%$18.62B$40.30B17.8820,000Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8887 of 5 stars
$22.53
-1.7%
$29.08
+29.1%
-42.2%$3.22B$3.03B8.67690
OVV
Ovintiv
4.9064 of 5 stars
$38.12
-0.8%
$54.69
+43.5%
-16.4%$9.90B$9.15B16.221,623Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7442 of 5 stars
$37.45
-0.4%
$64.67
+72.7%
-1.2%$45.79B$54.91B10.7916,600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MEOH) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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