Minerals Technologies (MTX) Competitors

Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Is ALB or MTX a better dividend stock?

Albemarle pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Albemarle pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minerals Technologies pays out -57.1% 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. Albemarle has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Minerals Technologies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Albemarle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ALB or MTX?

92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ALB or MTX?

Minerals Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Albemarle. Minerals Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Albemarle	$5.09B	1.40	-$1.18B	-$11.12	-5.45
Minerals Technologies	$2.08B	0.83	$167.10M	-$0.77	-70.17

Do analysts prefer ALB or MTX?

Albemarle currently has a consensus target price of $91.62, suggesting a potential upside of 51.07%. Minerals Technologies has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.07%. Given Albemarle's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Albemarle is more favorable than Minerals Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albemarle	2 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Minerals Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ALB or MTX more profitable?

Minerals Technologies has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -21.93%. Minerals Technologies' return on equity of 11.49% beat Albemarle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albemarle	-21.93%	-1.72%	-0.84%
Minerals Technologies	7.89%	11.49%	5.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALB or MTX?

Albemarle received 550 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave Albemarle an outperform vote while only 53.38% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albemarle	Outperform Votes 779 61.78%	Underperform Votes 482 38.22%
Minerals Technologies	Outperform Votes 229 53.38%	Underperform Votes 200 46.62%

Does the media prefer ALB or MTX?

In the previous week, Minerals Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Albemarle. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Minerals Technologies and 2 mentions for Albemarle. Minerals Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Albemarle's score of 0.56 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albemarle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Minerals Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ALB or MTX?

Albemarle has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Minerals Technologies beats Albemarle on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.