BG vs. FMC, GFI, CCJ, WLK, CF, SUZ, CE, MOS, STLD, and IP
Should you be buying Bunge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunge include FMC (FMC), Gold Fields (GFI), Cameco (CCJ), Westlake (WLK), CF Industries (CF), Suzano (SUZ), Celanese (CE), Mosaic (MOS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and International Paper (IP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Bunge vs.
FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Bunge (NYSE:BG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
88.3% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Bunge shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Bunge shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FMC has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Bunge's net margin of 2.33%. FMC's return on equity of 27.91% beat Bunge's return on equity.
FMC presently has a consensus target price of $143.38, suggesting a potential upside of 28.65%. Bunge has a consensus target price of $121.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Bunge's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bunge is more favorable than FMC.
Bunge has higher revenue and earnings than FMC. Bunge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FMC received 205 more outperform votes than Bunge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.35% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Bunge an outperform vote.
FMC has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bunge pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. FMC pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bunge pays out 24.5% 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. FMC has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Bunge has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Bunge is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Bunge had 3 more articles in the media than FMC. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Bunge and 7 mentions for FMC. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bunge's score of 0.27 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
FMC beats Bunge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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