CRDA vs. JMAT, VCT, ELM, SCPA, ESNT, TET, SYNT, ZTF, IOF, and WCH
Should you be buying Croda International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Croda International include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Croda International vs.
Croda International (LON:CRDA) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Croda International pays out 9,316.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Matthey pays out 13,275.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
68.2% of Croda International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Croda International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 6 more articles in the media than Croda International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 1 mentions for Croda International. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of -0.14 beat Croda International's score of -1.05 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Croda International presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,900, indicating a potential upside of 46.53%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus price target of GBX 1,975, indicating a potential upside of 47.83%. Given Johnson Matthey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Johnson Matthey is more favorable than Croda International.
Croda International has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Croda International has a net margin of 9.98% compared to Johnson Matthey's net margin of 0.84%. Croda International's return on equity of 7.03% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.
Croda International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Croda International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Matthey received 106 more outperform votes than Croda International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.99% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Croda International an outperform vote.
Summary
Croda International and Johnson Matthey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CRDA) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
