SLCA vs. CMP, LEU, PLL, IPI, HL, SSRM, GSM, MATV, MTUS, and RYI
Should you be buying U.S. Silica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Silica include Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Hecla Mining (HL), SSR Mining (SSRM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Mativ (MATV), Metallus (MTUS), and Ryerson (RYI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 6 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 5 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.32 indicating that U.S. Silica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
U.S. Silica currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $34.40, indicating a potential upside of 186.43%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
U.S. Silica received 588 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Silica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -4.97%. U.S. Silica's return on equity of 18.56% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
Summary
U.S. Silica beats Compass Minerals International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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