MX vs. GRA, FAT, FM, K, LUN, TNX, PAAS, KAT, AGI, and TRQ
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include NanoXplore (GRA), FAT Brands (FAT), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Kinross Gold (K), Lundin Mining (LUN), TRX Gold (TNX), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Alamos Gold (AGI), and Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Methanex (TSE:MX) and NanoXplore (TSE:GRA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Methanex has a net margin of 4.64% compared to NanoXplore's net margin of -8.98%. Methanex's return on equity of 11.42% beat NanoXplore's return on equity.
NanoXplore has a consensus target price of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 39.93%. Given NanoXplore's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NanoXplore is more favorable than Methanex.
81.1% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of NanoXplore shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of NanoXplore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than NanoXplore. NanoXplore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Methanex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Methanex had 4 more articles in the media than NanoXplore. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Methanex and 0 mentions for NanoXplore. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat NanoXplore's score of 0.00 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Methanex received 425 more outperform votes than NanoXplore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave NanoXplore an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Methanex has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NanoXplore has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Methanex beats NanoXplore on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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