ICL Group (ICL) Competitors

ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, ICL or MOS?

ICL Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ICL or MOS?

14.1% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Mosaic shares are held by 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, ICL or MOS?

Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than ICL Group. Mosaic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, 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
ICL Group	$10.02 billion	0.77	$2.16 billion	$1.40	4.27
Mosaic	$19.13 billion	0.59	$3.58 billion	$8.07	4.20

Is ICL or MOS more profitable?

ICL Group has a net margin of 18.85% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 15.08%. ICL Group's return on equity of 35.99% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICL Group	18.85%	35.99%	17.20%
Mosaic	15.08%	28.64%	14.64%

Is ICL or MOS a better dividend stock?

ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ICL Group pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 12.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICL or MOS?

Mosaic received 451 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.69% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICL Group	Outperform Votes 244 56.09%	Underperform Votes 191 43.91%
Mosaic	Outperform Votes 695 56.69%	Underperform Votes 531 43.31%

Do analysts rate ICL or MOS?

ICL Group presently has a consensus target price of $8.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.35%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $48.35, suggesting a potential upside of 42.68%. Given Mosaic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICL Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Mosaic	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the media favor ICL or MOS?

In the previous week, Mosaic had 3 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mosaic and 3 mentions for ICL Group. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat ICL Group's score of -0.41 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICL Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mosaic	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Mosaic beats ICL Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.