MEOH vs. AXTA, ICL, ESI, ALTM, CSWI, AVNT, CC, BAK, PRM, and NGVT
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ICL Group (ICL), Element Solutions (ESI), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), Braskem (BAK), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Methanex vs.
Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.41%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat Methanex's return on equity.
Methanex received 242 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 63.69% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Methanex. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Methanex had 5 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Methanex and 4 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.67 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Methanex currently has a consensus target price of $62.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.64%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $43.08, suggesting a potential upside of 19.63%. Given Methanex's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
Methanex has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Methanex on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MEOH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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