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Johnson Matthey (JMAT) Competitors

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GBX 1,212 -22.00 (-1.78%)
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JMAT vs. CRDA, ELM, VCT, SCPA, ESNT, TET, SYNT, ZTF, IOF, and WCH

Should you be buying Johnson Matthey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Matthey include Croda International (CRDA), Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), 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.

Johnson Matthey vs.

Croda International (LON:CRDA) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Croda International currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,750, suggesting a potential upside of 66.87%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 1,900, suggesting a potential upside of 54.22%. Given Croda International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Croda International is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Croda International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Johnson Matthey
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Croda International£1.63B2.44£162.90M£116.3724.46
Johnson Matthey£11.69B0.18£98.34M£58.8520.93

In the previous week, Croda International had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Croda International and 2 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Croda International's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Johnson Matthey's score of -0.58 indicating that Croda International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Croda International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Johnson Matthey
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Croda International pays out 93.7% 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 130.8% 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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Croda International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Croda InternationalOutperform Votes
380
56.30%
Underperform Votes
295
43.70%
Johnson MattheyOutperform Votes
486
61.99%
Underperform Votes
298
38.01%

Croda International has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock 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 6.96% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Croda International9.98% 6.96% 3.69%
Johnson Matthey 0.84%4.49%3.41%

Summary

Croda International beats Johnson Matthey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JMAT vs. The Competition

MetricJohnson MattheySpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.06B£8.53B£2.96B£2.48B
Dividend Yield5.22%3.58%5.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio20.9312.6074.39129.62
Price / Sales0.1850.0624,351,377,058,435,800.00276,371.01
Price / Cash9.3119.2524.3327.92
Price / Book0.955.145.034.44
Net Income£98.34M£220.83M£153.99M£5.77B
7 Day Performance-9.48%13.78%-1.40%-2.17%
1 Month Performance-12.62%5.30%4.77%-1.67%
1 Year Performance-31.44%-19.17%13.84%99.38%

Johnson Matthey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
3.1649 of 5 stars
GBX 1,212
-1.8%
GBX 1,900
+56.8%
-31.2%£2.03B£11.69B20.59N/ANews Coverage
CRDA
Croda International
2.9578 of 5 stars
GBX 2,923
-1.3%
GBX 4,750
+62.5%
-40.8%£4.09B£1.63B25.125,852Positive News
ELM
Elementis
1.789 of 5 stars
GBX 129.40
-3.0%
GBX 170
+31.4%
-10.9%£955.29M£919.45M-27.461,281Negative News
VCT
Victrex
2.1228 of 5 stars
GBX 880
-2.5%
GBX 1,425
+61.9%
-37.5%£767.64M£285.02M25.001,109Dividend Increase
News Coverage
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
1.8284 of 5 stars
GBX 99.40
-3.1%
GBX 206.67
+107.9%
-44.9%£285.71M£309.74M81.88350
TET
Treatt
2.618 of 5 stars
GBX 340
+0.4%
GBX 650
+91.2%
-20.5%£205.57M£142.31M18.37350Dividend Increase
News Coverage
SYNT
Synthomer
2.0099 of 5 stars
GBX 116.80
-4.7%
GBX 225
+92.6%
-60.1%£191.53M£1.87B-2.344,200
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 279.71
-7.1%
N/A-33.6%£134.54M£131.66M13.54549News Coverage
High Trading Volume
IOF
Iofina
N/AGBX 22.20
-0.6%
GBX 36.25
+63.3%
-3.5%£53.30M£61.34M15.5895News Coverage
Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
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