SMG vs. MOS, CF, ICL, AVNT, CRS, CC, CSWI, FUL, HUN, and AMR
Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include Mosaic (MOS), CF Industries (CF), ICL Group (ICL), Avient (AVNT), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Chemours (CC), CSW Industrials (CSWI), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Huntsman (HUN), and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Mosaic pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -37.5% 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. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $40.27, indicating a potential upside of 33.11%. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.32%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Mosaic received 343 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.69% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.42% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mosaic has a net margin of 8.51% compared to Mosaic's net margin of -11.52%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity of 9.69% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 12 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Mosaic and 7 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.28 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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