CMP vs. MTRN, GSM, SXC, SCCO, FCX, MEOH, AVNT, OLN, CC, and IOSP
Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include Materion (MTRN), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Methanex (MEOH), Avient (AVNT), Olin (OLN), Chemours (CC), and Innospec (IOSP).
Compass Minerals International vs. Its Competitors
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.64%. Materion has a consensus target price of $117.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.02%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Materion.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Materion has a net margin of 0.94% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -9.87%. Materion's return on equity of 12.69% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Materion had 2 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Materion and 1 mentions for Compass Minerals International. Materion's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.00 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CMP) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
