CMP vs. MTRN, SXC, GSM, SCCO, FCX, AVNT, OLN, MEOH, IOSP, and HUN
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), Avient (AVNT), Olin (OLN), Methanex (MEOH), Innospec (IOSP), and Huntsman (HUN).
Compass Minerals International vs. Its Competitors
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.28%. Given Compass Minerals International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Materion.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are held 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.
Materion has a net margin of 0.59% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -12.15%. Materion's return on equity of 12.83% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Materion had 2 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Materion and 4 mentions for Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Materion's score of 0.50 indicating that Compass Minerals International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 10 of the 16 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 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
