Acerinox (ANIOY) Competitors

Acerinox (OTCMKTS:ANIOY) and Outokumpu Oyj (OTCMKTS:OUTKY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, ANIOY or OUTKY?

Acerinox has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Outokumpu Oyj has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ANIOY or OUTKY?

Acerinox currently has a consensus target price of $12.23, suggesting a potential upside of 129.95%. Outokumpu Oyj has a consensus target price of $5.65, suggesting a potential upside of 100.71%. Given Acerinox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acerinox is more favorable than Outokumpu Oyj.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acerinox	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Outokumpu Oyj	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ANIOY or OUTKY?

Acerinox has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Outokumpu Oyj. Outokumpu Oyj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acerinox, 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
Acerinox	$7.93 billion	0.35	$676.59 million	$2.02	2.63
Outokumpu Oyj	$9.12 billion	N/A	$654.25 million	$1.11	2.54

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ANIOY or OUTKY?

Outokumpu Oyj received 24 more outperform votes than Acerinox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.17% of users gave Acerinox an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Outokumpu Oyj an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acerinox	Outperform Votes 132 56.17%	Underperform Votes 103 43.83%
Outokumpu Oyj	Outperform Votes 156 54.55%	Underperform Votes 130 45.45%

Is ANIOY or OUTKY a better dividend stock?

Acerinox pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Outokumpu Oyj pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Acerinox pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Outokumpu Oyj pays out 8.1% 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.

Does the media favor ANIOY or OUTKY?

In the previous week, Outokumpu Oyj had 1 more articles in the media than Acerinox. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Outokumpu Oyj and 0 mentions for Acerinox. Outokumpu Oyj's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Acerinox's score of 0.00 indicating that Outokumpu Oyj is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Acerinox	Neutral
Outokumpu Oyj	Positive

Is ANIOY or OUTKY more profitable?

Outokumpu Oyj has a net margin of 9.54% compared to Acerinox's net margin of 0.00%. Outokumpu Oyj's return on equity of 27.63% beat Acerinox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acerinox	N/A	N/A	N/A
Outokumpu Oyj	9.54%	27.63%	14.08%

Summary

Outokumpu Oyj beats Acerinox on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.