MX vs. LUG, SJ, BTO, ELD, OR, HBM, CGG, CIA, ERO, and FR
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Lundin Gold (LUG), Stella-Jones (SJ), B2Gold (BTO), Eldorado Gold (ELD), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Champion Iron (CIA), Ero Copper (ERO), and First Majestic Silver (FR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Methanex (TSE:MX) and Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of C$1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lundin Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Methanex pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lundin Gold pays out 52.9% 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.
Lundin Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Methanex. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lundin Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex presently has a consensus price target of C$50.00, indicating a potential downside of 23.36%. Lundin Gold has a consensus price target of C$22.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.99%. Given Lundin Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lundin Gold is more favorable than Methanex.
82.8% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 59.5% of Lundin Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lundin Gold has a net margin of 19.88% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.68%. Lundin Gold's return on equity of 19.85% beat Methanex's return on equity.
Methanex has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lundin Gold has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lundin Gold had 23 more articles in the media than Methanex. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lundin Gold and 5 mentions for Methanex. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Lundin Gold's score of 0.81 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Methanex received 212 more outperform votes than Lundin Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.43% of users gave Lundin Gold an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Summary
Lundin Gold beats Methanex on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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