MEOH vs. SXT, NEU, GPRE, SBSW, HBM, AMR, SID, HL, CSWI, and TFPM
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Sensient Technologies (SXT), NewMarket (NEU), Green Plains (GPRE), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Hecla Mining (HL), CSW Industrials (CSWI), and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Methanex currently has a consensus price target of $54.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. Sensient Technologies has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.29%. Given Sensient Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sensient Technologies is more favorable than Methanex.
Methanex has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Methanex pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensient Technologies pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Methanex received 459 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.63%. Sensient Technologies' return on equity of 11.40% beat Methanex's return on equity.
In the previous week, Methanex had 2 more articles in the media than Sensient Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Methanex and 4 mentions for Sensient Technologies. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Methanex's score of 0.95 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sensient Technologies beats Methanex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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