MOS vs. CF, SMG, ICL, NTR, AU, CLF, TX, X, EMN, and KGC
Should you be buying Mosaic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mosaic include CF Industries (CF), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), ICL Group (ICL), Nutrien (NTR), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Ternium (TX), United States Steel (X), Eastman Chemical (EMN), and Kinross Gold (KGC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
CF Industries has a net margin of 23.00% compared to CF Industries' net margin of 8.51%. Mosaic's return on equity of 18.44% beat CF Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 8 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Mosaic and 12 mentions for CF Industries. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat CF Industries' score of 0.28 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CF Industries pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 24.1% 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. CF Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Mosaic has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Mosaic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CF Industries received 96 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.23% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mosaic. Mosaic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CF Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $86.47, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $40.27, indicating a potential upside of 33.11%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
CF Industries has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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