MTRN vs. CMP, GSM, SXC, SCCO, FCX, TRS, MEC, PKOH, ALTM, and NEU
Should you be buying Materion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Materion include Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), TriMas (TRS), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), and NewMarket (NEU).
Materion vs.
Materion (NYSE:MTRN) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Materion has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 4 more articles in the media than Materion. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 4 mentions for Materion. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 1.33 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Materion has a net margin of 0.35% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -15.10%. Materion's return on equity of 12.42% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held 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.
Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Materion pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Compass Minerals International pays out -16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Materion has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compass Minerals International has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.03%. Given Compass Minerals International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Materion.
Materion received 32 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.01% of users gave Materion an outperform vote while only 42.58% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Summary
Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MTRN) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
