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Bunge (BG) Competitors

$92.06
-2.13 (-2.26%)
(As of 01:33 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$89.39
$96.48
50-Day Range
$88.82
$97.80
52-Week Range
$80.41
$113.42
Volume
1.70 million shs
Average Volume
1.58 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.86 billion
P/E Ratio
9.03
Dividend Yield
2.72%
Price Target
$121.20

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FMC 12.51% 27.91% 8.26%
Bunge 2.33% 20.13% 7.60%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FMC
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Bunge
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FMC$5.80 billion2.40$731.50 million$5.7319.45
Bunge$67.23 billion0.21$1.61 billion$10.199.24

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FMCOutperform Votes
693
67.35%
Underperform Votes
336
32.65%
BungeOutperform Votes
488
63.46%
Underperform Votes
281
36.54%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FMC
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bunge
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.
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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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BG vs. The Competition

MetricBungeFats & oils IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.19B$21.47B$2.63B$14.94B
Dividend Yield2.73%2.63%4.93%3.93%
P/E Ratio9.2410.9986.4618.14
Price / Sales0.210.7378,968.449.28
Price / Cash5.417.1225.5623.78
Price / Book1.421.922.917.37
Net Income$1.61B$2.23B$410.51M$903.65M
7 Day Performance3.48%3.60%1.35%5.13%
1 Month Performance4.41%5.01%-3.76%4.71%
1 Year Performance-16.30%-19.04%-11.15%-6.23%

Bunge Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMC
FMC
3.0065 of 5 stars
$110.21
+2.6%
$143.38
+30.1%
-8.1%$13.78B$5.80B19.236,600
GFI
Gold Fields
1.5619 of 5 stars
$15.64
-0.1%
$11.50
-26.5%
+63.2%$13.97B$4.29B0.006,372
CCJ
Cameco
2.3481 of 5 stars
$30.60
-1.0%
$48.75
+59.3%
+10.4%$13.25B$1.44B105.501,931Analyst Upgrade
WLK
Westlake
2.0339 of 5 stars
$112.80
+1.2%
$120.00
+6.4%
-13.3%$14.39B$15.09B7.7615,920
CF
CF Industries
2.64 of 5 stars
$66.71
+4.5%
$91.40
+37.0%
-26.0%$13.00B$11.19B4.462,700Analyst Report
SUZ
Suzano
2.0549 of 5 stars
$9.52
+1.0%
$11.00
+15.6%
-16.4%$12.95B$9.65B3.5819,319
CE
Celanese
2.2671 of 5 stars
$115.49
+1.4%
$124.77
+8.0%
-27.0%$12.39B$9.99B8.5013,263
MOS
Mosaic
2.4576 of 5 stars
$34.60
+4.1%
$47.47
+37.2%
-36.6%$11.49B$19.13B4.2913,570Analyst Report
STLD
Steel Dynamics
1.8221 of 5 stars
$99.30
+1.7%
$107.63
+8.4%
+18.1%$16.79B$21.58B5.2912,060Positive News
IP
International Paper
1.9208 of 5 stars
$30.83
+1.8%
$38.55
+25.0%
-33.0%$10.70B$21.16B8.5439,000

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