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 profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
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.
Johnson Matthey received 105 more outperform votes than Croda International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.99% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Croda International an outperform vote.
Croda International has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less 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.
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.
In the previous week, Croda International had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Croda International and 1 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Croda International's score of 0.23 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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.
Croda International presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,433.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.23%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 1,900, suggesting a potential upside of 51.27%. Given Johnson Matthey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Matthey is more favorable than Croda International.
Summary
Croda International beats Johnson Matthey on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JMAT) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
