CF vs. MOS, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, BIOX, CBUS, CGA, and EVGN
Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), China Green Agriculture (CGA), and Evogene (EVGN).
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $37.43, indicating a potential upside of 26.58%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $82.87, indicating a potential upside of 10.42%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 11 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CF Industries and 6 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Mosaic's score of 0.48 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Mosaic pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 33.2% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries received 97 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.03% compared to CF Industries' net margin of 6.07%. Mosaic's return on equity of 14.08% beat CF Industries' return on equity.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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