Synthomer (SYNT) Competitors

Synthomer (LON:SYNT) and Elementis (LON:ELM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SYNT or ELM?

43.8% of Synthomer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Synthomer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Elementis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SYNT or ELM?

Elementis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Synthomer. Elementis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synthomer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synthomer	£1.97B	0.15	-£83.30M	-£0.61	-304.26
Elementis	£732.20M	1.07	-£34.70M	-£0.04	-3,310.00

Is SYNT or ELM more profitable?

Synthomer has a net margin of -4.33% compared to Elementis' net margin of -5.22%. Elementis' return on equity of -4.27% beat Synthomer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synthomer	-4.33%	-7.90%	-0.28%
Elementis	-5.22%	-4.27%	4.49%

Which has more volatility and risk, SYNT or ELM?

Synthomer has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elementis has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SYNT or ELM a better dividend stock?

Synthomer pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Synthomer pays out -4,098.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elementis pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYNT or ELM?

Synthomer received 233 more outperform votes than Elementis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.49% of users gave Synthomer an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Synthomer	Outperform Votes 726 68.49%	Underperform Votes 334 31.51%
Elementis	Outperform Votes 493 65.73%	Underperform Votes 257 34.27%

Does the media favor SYNT or ELM?

In the previous week, Synthomer and Synthomer both had 4 articles in the media. Elementis' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Synthomer's score of 0.09 indicating that Elementis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Synthomer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Elementis	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SYNT or ELM?

Synthomer currently has a consensus target price of GBX 288.33, indicating a potential upside of 55.35%. Elementis has a consensus target price of GBX 173.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.92%. Given Synthomer's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Synthomer is more favorable than Elementis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synthomer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Elementis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Elementis beats Synthomer on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.