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Methanex (MEOH) Competitors

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$42.64 -0.21 (-0.49%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

MEOH vs. REGI, SXT, WLKP, GPRE, NEU, AXTA, CSWI, ESI, ICL, and ALTM

Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Renewable Energy Group (REGI), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Green Plains (GPRE), NewMarket (NEU), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Element Solutions (ESI), ICL Group (ICL), and Arcadium Lithium (ALTM).

Methanex vs.

Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Renewable Energy Group (NASDAQ:REGI) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Methanex presently has a consensus target price of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.16%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Renewable Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methanex
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Renewable Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Methanex received 213 more outperform votes than Renewable Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Renewable Energy Group an outperform vote while only 63.91% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MethanexOutperform Votes
765
63.91%
Underperform Votes
432
36.09%
Renewable Energy GroupOutperform Votes
552
64.34%
Underperform Votes
306
35.66%

73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Renewable Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Renewable Energy Group shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Methanex had 7 more articles in the media than Renewable Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Methanex and 0 mentions for Renewable Energy Group. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Renewable Energy Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Methanex Positive
Renewable Energy Group Neutral

Renewable Energy Group has a net margin of 5.12% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.12%. Renewable Energy Group's return on equity of 11.00% beat Methanex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methanex4.12% 9.04% 3.16%
Renewable Energy Group 5.12%11.00%7.42%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methanex$3.69B0.78$174.14M$2.1419.93
Renewable Energy Group$3.24B0.95$213.82M$3.7316.49

Methanex has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Renewable Energy Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Methanex and Renewable Energy Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MEOH vs. The Competition

MetricMethanexIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.87B$2.91B$2.88B$8.67B
Dividend Yield1.73%3.47%5.15%4.06%
P/E Ratio19.9314.76112.1017.12
Price / Sales0.782,064.19539,135.1871.29
Price / Cash5.2340.2423.6536.36
Price / Book1.252.233.665.87
Net Income$174.14M$8.53M$149.87M$225.66M
7 Day Performance1.07%-6.53%-3.53%-1.34%
1 Month Performance3.24%-11.52%-3.81%1.00%
1 Year Performance-2.07%-16.54%27.18%25.27%

Methanex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEOH
Methanex
4.8705 of 5 stars
$42.64
-0.5%
$55.50
+30.2%
-2.1%$2.87B$3.72B19.931,451
REGI
Renewable Energy Group
N/A$61.50
flat
N/A+0.0%$3.09B$3.24B16.491,093Analyst Forecast
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.0372 of 5 stars
$78.00
-1.5%
N/A+25.3%$3.35B$1.46B37.323,956Positive News
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.5232 of 5 stars
$22.47
-0.6%
N/A+3.4%$796.56M$1.19B12.84150Ex-Dividend
GPRE
Green Plains
2.9052 of 5 stars
$11.12
+2.8%
N/A-56.5%$699.53M$3.30B-29.26921Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
NEU
NewMarket
2.0727 of 5 stars
$545.28
-0.7%
N/A+7.7%$5.27B$2.70B12.112,000Short Interest ↑
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5118 of 5 stars
$40.66
+0.1%
N/A+30.6%$8.87B$5.26B27.4712,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.3347 of 5 stars
$407.79
-1.6%
N/A+133.6%$6.97B$792.84M55.412,600Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
ESI
Element Solutions
4.3639 of 5 stars
$28.24
-1.0%
N/A+37.9%$6.90B$2.33B25.445,300Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
2.0423 of 5 stars
$4.41
+2.6%
N/A-12.4%$5.65B$7.54B14.2113,350Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
2.8893 of 5 stars
$5.22
-0.6%
N/AN/A$5.61B$1.21B19.331,470Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MEOH) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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