BG vs. GFI, SQM, IP, CF, ALB, WRK, SUZ, RS, CE, and EMN
Should you be buying Bunge Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunge Global include Gold Fields (GFI), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), International Paper (IP), CF Industries (CF), Albemarle (ALB), WestRock (WRK), Suzano (SUZ), Reliance (RS), Celanese (CE), and Eastman Chemical (EMN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Gold Fields currently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 16.26%. Bunge Global has a consensus price target of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.37%. Given Gold Fields' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bunge Global is more favorable than Gold Fields.
Bunge Global has a net margin of 3.22% compared to Bunge Global's net margin of 0.00%. Gold Fields' return on equity of 17.49% beat Bunge Global's return on equity.
Bunge Global received 318 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.
Bunge Global has higher revenue and earnings than Gold Fields.
Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bunge Global pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gold Fields has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bunge Global has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Bunge Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Gold Fields has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bunge Global had 5 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bunge Global and 7 mentions for Gold Fields. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Bunge Global's score of 0.78 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.0% of Gold Fields shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bunge Global beats Gold Fields on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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