Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Competitors

MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MP or CLF?

52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of MP Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MP or CLF?

Cleveland-Cliffs has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MP Materials	$253.45M	11.50	$24.31M	$0.13	125.93
Cleveland-Cliffs	$22.00B	0.45	$399M	$0.77	26.82

Does the media favor MP or CLF?

In the previous week, MP Materials had 6 more articles in the media than Cleveland-Cliffs. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MP Materials and 13 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.34 indicating that Cleveland-Cliffs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MP Materials	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cleveland-Cliffs	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, MP or CLF?

MP Materials has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MP or CLF?

Cleveland-Cliffs received 653 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Cleveland-Cliffs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MP Materials	Outperform Votes 51 68.00%	Underperform Votes 24 32.00%
Cleveland-Cliffs	Outperform Votes 704 53.33%	Underperform Votes 616 46.67%

Is MP or CLF more profitable?

MP Materials has a net margin of 9.59% compared to MP Materials' net margin of 1.81%. MP Materials' return on equity of 6.79% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MP Materials	9.59%	3.86%	2.28%
Cleveland-Cliffs	1.81%	6.79%	3.02%

Do analysts rate MP or CLF?

MP Materials presently has a consensus target price of $25.19, indicating a potential upside of 55.67%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus target price of $19.92, indicating a potential downside of 4.34%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MP Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Cleveland-Cliffs	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Summary

MP Materials beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.