IP vs. CLW, GLT, SUZ, SLVM, MATV, FCX, APD, NEM, VALE, and DOW
Should you be buying International Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Paper include Clearwater Paper (CLW), Glatfelter (GLT), Suzano (SUZ), Sylvamo (SLVM), Mativ (MATV), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), Vale (VALE), and DOW (DOW).
Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) and International Paper (NYSE:IP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Clearwater Paper presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.12%. International Paper has a consensus price target of $49.96, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe International Paper is more favorable than Clearwater Paper.
International Paper received 311 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.
90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of International Paper shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of International Paper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 4.92% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of 2.34%. International Paper's return on equity of 17.35% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.
Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Paper had 12 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for International Paper and 14 mentions for Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat International Paper's score of 0.17 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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