MEOH vs. REGI, NEU, SXT, GPRE, REX, WLKP, LNZA, CDXS, FF, and GEVO
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Renewable Energy Group (REGI), NewMarket (NEU), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Codexis (CDXS), FutureFuel (FF), and Gevo (GEVO).
Renewable Energy Group (NASDAQ:REGI) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Renewable Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Methanex received 202 more outperform votes than Renewable Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.03% of users gave Renewable Energy Group an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Renewable Energy Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Methanex had 3 more articles in the media than Renewable Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Methanex and 0 mentions for Renewable Energy Group. Renewable Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Methanex's score of 0.41 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Methanex has a consensus target price of $54.88, indicating a potential upside of 2.23%. Given Renewable Energy Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Renewable Energy Group.
Renewable Energy Group has a net margin of 5.12% compared to Renewable Energy Group's net margin of 4.63%. Methanex's return on equity of 11.00% beat Renewable Energy Group's return on equity.
90.8% of Renewable Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Renewable Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Methanex beats Renewable Energy Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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