SUZ vs. IP, SLVM, MATV, GLT, NEM, NUE, DOW, DD, AEM, and LYB
Should you be buying Suzano stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suzano include International Paper (IP), Sylvamo (SLVM), Mativ (MATV), Glatfelter (GLT), Newmont (NEM), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB).
International Paper (NYSE:IP) and Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
International Paper pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. International Paper pays out 377.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Suzano pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
82.0% of International Paper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Suzano shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of International Paper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Paper has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzano has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Paper received 681 more outperform votes than Suzano when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote.
International Paper currently has a consensus price target of $44.71, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Suzano's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Paper is more favorable than Suzano.
Suzano has a net margin of 23.84% compared to Suzano's net margin of 0.93%. International Paper's return on equity of 20.82% beat Suzano's return on equity.
In the previous week, International Paper had 16 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for International Paper and 2 mentions for Suzano. Suzano's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat International Paper's score of 0.00 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suzano has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Paper. Suzano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Paper beats Suzano on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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