ODC vs. TMC, CMP, MUX, LWLG, ARMN, VHI, PACK, PPTA, NL, and EXK
Should you be buying Oil-Dri Co. of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil-Dri Co. of America include TMC the metals (TMC), Compass Minerals International (CMP), McEwen Mining (MUX), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Aris Mining (ARMN), Valhi (VHI), Ranpak (PACK), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), NL Industries (NL), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) and TMC the metals (NASDAQ:TMC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
TMC the metals has a consensus target price of $4.10, suggesting a potential upside of 159.49%. Given TMC the metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TMC the metals is more favorable than Oil-Dri Co. of America.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has a net margin of 10.14% compared to TMC the metals' net margin of 0.00%. Oil-Dri Co. of America's return on equity of 26.98% beat TMC the metals' return on equity.
Oil-Dri Co. of America received 157 more outperform votes than TMC the metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave Oil-Dri Co. of America an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave TMC the metals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TMC the metals had 2 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TMC the metals and 1 mentions for Oil-Dri Co. of America. TMC the metals' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Oil-Dri Co. of America's score of 0.00 indicating that TMC the metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than TMC the metals. TMC the metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil-Dri Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.0% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.4% of TMC the metals shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of TMC the metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TMC the metals has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oil-Dri Co. of America beats TMC the metals on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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