Ferroglobe (GSM) Competitors

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

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%

Is GSM or MTRN a better dividend stock?

Ferroglobe pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings and 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	0.51	$82.66M	$0.24	18.67
Materion	$1.67B	1.40	$95.70M	$3.55	31.65

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GSM or MTRN?

89.6% of Ferroglobe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Ferroglobe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GSM or MTRN?

In the previous week, Materion had 2 more articles in the media than Ferroglobe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Materion and 5 mentions for Ferroglobe. Materion's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Ferroglobe's score of 0.43 indicating that Materion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ferroglobe	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Materion	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Do analysts rate GSM or MTRN?

Materion has a consensus target price of $152.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.27%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 more risk and volatility, GSM or MTRN?

Ferroglobe has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Materion beats Ferroglobe on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.