Ferroglobe (GSM) Competitors

Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSM or MTRN?

Ferroglobe received 261 more outperform votes than Materion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.36% of users gave Ferroglobe an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Materion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ferroglobe	Outperform Votes 573 71.36%	Underperform Votes 230 28.64%
Materion	Outperform Votes 312 61.06%	Underperform Votes 199 38.94%

Does the media favor GSM or MTRN?

In the previous week, Ferroglobe and Ferroglobe both had 1 articles in the media. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Ferroglobe's score of 0.20 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ferroglobe	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Materion	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GSM or MTRN?

89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Materion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GSM or MTRN?

Materion has a consensus target price of $152.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.70%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Materion is more favorable than Ferroglobe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferroglobe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Materion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GSM or MTRN?

Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Ferroglobe. Ferroglobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, 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
Ferroglobe	$1.65B	0.44	$82.66M	$0.24	16.13
Materion	$1.67B	1.24	$95.70M	$3.55	28.04

Is GSM or MTRN a better dividend stock?

Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Materion pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ferroglobe pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Materion pays out 15.2% 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. Materion has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, GSM or MTRN?

Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GSM or MTRN more profitable?

Materion has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Ferroglobe's net margin of 2.74%. Materion's return on equity of 12.06% beat Ferroglobe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferroglobe	2.74%	7.55%	3.95%
Materion	4.45%	12.06%	6.03%

Summary

Materion beats Ferroglobe on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.