CMP vs. SLCA, LEU, PLL, IPI, ATLX, PACK, TMC, MUX, EXK, and MERC
Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include U.S. Silica (SLCA), Centrus Energy (LEU), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Ranpak (PACK), TMC the metals (TMC), McEwen Mining (MUX), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Mercer International (MERC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 7 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 5 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.26 indicating that U.S. Silica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus price target of $34.40, indicating a potential upside of 169.38%. U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
U.S. Silica received 588 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Silica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -4.97%. U.S. Silica's return on equity of 18.56% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. U.S. Silica pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Compass Minerals International pays out -41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Silica pays out 4.3% 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. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
U.S. Silica beats Compass Minerals International on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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