MOS vs. CF, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, BIOX, CBUS, EVGN, and CGA
Should you be buying Mosaic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mosaic include CF Industries (CF), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), Evogene (EVGN), and China Green Agriculture (CGA).
CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.03% compared to CF Industries' net margin of 6.07%. Mosaic's return on equity of 14.08% beat CF Industries' return on equity.
93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 12 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CF Industries and 5 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Mosaic's score of 0.48 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CF Industries pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 35.7% 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 received 97 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.49% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries presently has a consensus price target of $82.87, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. Mosaic has a consensus price target of $37.43, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given CF Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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