MOS vs. CF, SMG, ICL, NTR, KGC, AU, RGLD, TX, CLF, and X
Should you be buying Mosaic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mosaic include CF Industries (CF), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), ICL Group (ICL), Nutrien (NTR), Kinross Gold (KGC), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Royal Gold (RGLD), Ternium (TX), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and United States Steel (X). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 10 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Mosaic and 6 mentions for CF Industries. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Mosaic's score of 0.48 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $38.36, suggesting a potential upside of 23.22%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.99%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CF Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Mosaic pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries received 95 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.17% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.03% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 6.07%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.08% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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