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Elementis (ELM) Competitors

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GBX 156 +9.20 (+6.27%)
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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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Elementis Neutral
Johnson Matthey Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elementis
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Johnson Matthey
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elementis-5.22% -4.27% 4.49%
Johnson Matthey 0.84%4.39%3.41%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ElementisOutperform Votes
494
65.78%
Underperform Votes
257
34.22%
Johnson MattheyOutperform Votes
486
61.99%
Underperform Votes
298
38.01%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elementis£732.20M1.18-£34.70M-£0.04-3,670.00
Johnson Matthey£12.84B0.19£108M£0.582,372.41

Summary

Johnson Matthey beats Elementis on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ELM vs. The Competition

MetricElementisSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£864.83M£9.98B£2.99B£2.03B
Dividend Yield1.71%3.54%5.10%5.16%
P/E Ratio-3,670.00303.78110.221,927.10
Price / Sales1.1859.22881,333.02421,310.89
Price / Cash8.8319.2524.2929.19
Price / Book1.108.743.773.07
Net Income-£34.70M£152.60M£153.08M£183.47M
7 Day Performance8.58%1.62%2.05%2.98%
1 Month Performance4.26%0.93%4.23%3.31%
1 Year Performance17.44%-14.07%27.65%165.23%

Elementis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELM
Elementis
N/AGBX 156
+6.3%
GBX 170
+9.0%
+17.4%£919.03M£732.20M-3,900.001,281High Trading Volume
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
3.2601 of 5 stars
GBX 1,316
+0.3%
GBX 1,975
+50.1%
-12.8%£2.29B£12.84B2,268.97N/ANegative News
VCT
Victrex
2.9409 of 5 stars
GBX 1,006
-0.2%
GBX 1,425
+41.7%
-22.3%£875.52M£284.10M2,874.291,109Dividend Increase
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
1.8483 of 5 stars
GBX 118
-2.2%
GBX 216.67
+83.6%
-24.6%£338.83M£309.70M7,980.00350
TET
Treatt
2.4979 of 5 stars
GBX 448.50
+3.0%
GBX 675
+50.5%
-9.7%£272.33M£143.55M2,491.67350Dividend Increase
SYNT
Synthomer
3.1265 of 5 stars
GBX 137.40
-1.2%
GBX 251.67
+83.2%
+10.1%£224.75M£1.97B-225.254,200
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 294
-4.5%
N/A-17.5%£142.88M£133.40M1,470.00549
IOF
Iofina
2.1168 of 5 stars
GBX 19.49
-1.1%
GBX 35
+79.6%
-12.7%£37.39M£51.71M1,948.8095
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 165
-1.2%
N/A+33.8%£22.26M£6.62M-4,125.0017
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003

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This page (LON:ELM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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