VCT vs. JMAT, ELM, SCPA, ESNT, TET, SYNT, ZTF, IOF, WCH, and ITX
Should you be buying Victrex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victrex include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Elementis (ELM), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Victrex vs.
Victrex (LON:VCT) and Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Victrex received 21 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.61% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Victrex pays out 170.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Victrex has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Victrex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Victrex 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Victrex has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Johnson Matthey's net margin of 0.84%. Victrex's return on equity of 6.67% beat Johnson Matthey's return on equity.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Victrex. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victrex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victrex presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,425, indicating a potential upside of 51.92%. Johnson Matthey has a consensus target price of GBX 1,975, indicating a potential upside of 34.98%. Given Victrex's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Victrex is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
In the previous week, Johnson Matthey had 2 more articles in the media than Victrex. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Johnson Matthey and 2 mentions for Victrex. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Victrex's score of 0.70 indicating that Johnson Matthey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Victrex beats Johnson Matthey on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VCT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
