MNDI vs. CRPR, ANTO, WPM, S32, CRDA, AUY, FRES, EDV, KAZ, and JMAT
Should you be buying Mondi stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondi include James Cropper (CRPR), Antofagasta (ANTO), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), South32 (S32), Croda International (CRDA), Yamana Gold (AUY), Fresnillo (FRES), Endeavour Mining (EDV), KAZ Minerals (KAZ), and Johnson Matthey (JMAT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mondi (LON:MNDI) and James Cropper (LON:CRPR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
James Cropper has a net margin of 2.59% compared to Mondi's net margin of -2.09%. James Cropper's return on equity of 9.56% beat Mondi's return on equity.
Mondi has higher revenue and earnings than James Cropper. James Cropper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.3% of Mondi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of James Cropper shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Mondi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.5% of James Cropper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mondi has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Cropper has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondi pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. James Cropper pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mondi pays out 6,391.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. James Cropper pays out 2,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Mondi currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,601.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Mondi's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mondi is more favorable than James Cropper.
In the previous week, Mondi had 2 more articles in the media than James Cropper. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mondi and 0 mentions for James Cropper. Mondi's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat James Cropper's score of 0.00 indicating that Mondi is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mondi received 590 more outperform votes than James Cropper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.40% of users gave Mondi an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave James Cropper an outperform vote.
Summary
Mondi beats James Cropper on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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