CMP vs. MTRN, SXC, GSM, SCCO, FCX, USLM, LEU, IPI, PLL, and ABAT
Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Centrus Energy (LEU), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and American Battery Technology (ABAT).
Compass Minerals International vs. Its Competitors
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Materion received 30 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave Materion an outperform vote while only 42.68% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.23%. Given Compass Minerals International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Materion.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Materion pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compass Minerals International pays out -16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Materion has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 4 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 2 mentions for Materion. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.71 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Materion has a net margin of 0.35% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -15.10%. Materion's return on equity of 12.42% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
Materion has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMP) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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