ICL vs. MOS, SMG, CF, NTR, RGLD, CLF, GGB, WRK, OLN, and AXTA
Should you be buying ICL Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICL Group include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), CF Industries (CF), Nutrien (NTR), Royal Gold (RGLD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Gerdau (GGB), WestRock (WRK), Olin (OLN), and Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ICL Group vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Mosaic beats ICL Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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