ELM vs. JMAT, VCT, SCPA, ESNT, TET, SYNT, ZTF, IOF, ITX, and WCH
Should you be buying Elementis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elementis include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Victrex (VCT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), Itaconix (ITX), and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Elementis vs.
Elementis (LON:ELM) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 1 more articles in the media than Elementis. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 0 mentions for Elementis. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Elementis' score of 0.00 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Elementis pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Elementis presently has a consensus price target of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 15.80%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus price target of GBX 1,975, indicating a potential upside of 43.53%. Given Johnson Matthey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Matthey is more favorable than Elementis.
Johnson Matthey has a net margin of 0.84% compared to Elementis' net margin of -5.22%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 4.39% beat Elementis' return on equity.
Elementis received 8 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
73.7% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Elementis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Elementis has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Elementis. Elementis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Johnson Matthey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Johnson Matthey beats Elementis on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ELM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff