MATV vs. SLVM, GSM, RYI, LAC, KOP, MTUS, SSRM, PRM, UAN, and CRML
Should you be buying Mativ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mativ include Sylvamo (SLVM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Ryerson (RYI), Lithium Americas (LAC), Koppers (KOP), Metallus (MTUS), SSR Mining (SSRM), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), CVR Partners (UAN), and Critical Metals (CRML). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mativ (NYSE:MATV) and Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
95.0% of Mativ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Mativ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sylvamo has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Mativ's net margin of -13.47%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 32.81% beat Mativ's return on equity.
Sylvamo has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.49%. Given Sylvamo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Mativ.
In the previous week, Mativ had 4 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mativ and 4 mentions for Sylvamo. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Mativ's score of 0.05 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mativ has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sylvamo received 6 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.
Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Mativ pays out -7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvamo pays out 20.3% 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. Mativ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sylvamo has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sylvamo beats Mativ on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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