BG vs. CF, SUZ, GFI, ALB, SQM, IP, CE, WRK, EMN, and RS
Should you be buying Bunge Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunge Global include CF Industries (CF), Suzano (SUZ), Gold Fields (GFI), Albemarle (ALB), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), International Paper (IP), Celanese (CE), WestRock (WRK), Eastman Chemical (EMN), and Reliance (RS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bunge Global has higher revenue and earnings than CF Industries. Bunge Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CF Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CF Industries pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bunge Global pays out 17.8% 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. CF Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bunge Global has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
CF Industries has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Industries received 296 more outperform votes than Bunge Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.13% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 61.23% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote.
CF Industries presently has a consensus target price of $86.47, suggesting a potential upside of 9.11%. Bunge Global has a consensus target price of $120.44, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bunge Global is more favorable than CF Industries.
CF Industries has a net margin of 23.00% compared to CF Industries' net margin of 3.77%. Bunge Global's return on equity of 18.44% beat CF Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for CF Industries and 26 mentions for Bunge Global. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat CF Industries' score of 0.43 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CF Industries beats Bunge Global on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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