S32 vs. MNDI, CRDA, FRES, EDV, JMAT, WPM, ANTO, ADT1, KMR, and GFM
Should you be buying South32 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South32 include Mondi (MNDI), Croda International (CRDA), Fresnillo (FRES), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Antofagasta (ANTO), Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Kenmare Resources (KMR), and Griffin Mining (GFM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mondi (LON:MNDI) and South32 (LON:S32) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Mondi presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,601.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.61%. South32 has a consensus price target of GBX 247.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.14%. Given Mondi's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe South32 is more favorable than Mondi.
Mondi has higher revenue and earnings than South32. South32 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mondi and Mondi both had 3 articles in the media. Mondi's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat South32's score of 0.20 indicating that South32 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mondi received 737 more outperform votes than South32 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.40% of users gave Mondi an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave South32 an outperform vote.
96.2% of Mondi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of South32 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Mondi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of South32 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mondi pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. South32 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mondi pays out 6,326.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. South32 pays out -2,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mondi has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South32 has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondi has a net margin of -2.09% compared to Mondi's net margin of -11.53%. South32's return on equity of 8.44% beat Mondi's return on equity.
Summary
Mondi beats South32 on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding S32 and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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