CMP vs. SXC, GSM, SCCO, FCX, MTRN, LEU, UUUU, IPI, PLL, and LGO
Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), and Largo (LGO).
Compass Minerals International vs.
SunCoke Energy (NYSE:SXC) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
SunCoke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunCoke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SunCoke Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. SunCoke Energy pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compass Minerals International 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.
SunCoke Energy has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.5% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SunCoke Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 2 more articles in the media than SunCoke Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 0 mentions for SunCoke Energy. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat SunCoke Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Compass Minerals International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SunCoke Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -15.10%. SunCoke Energy's return on equity of 14.31% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.
SunCoke Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.47%. Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 54.15%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than SunCoke Energy.
SunCoke Energy received 132 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave SunCoke Energy an outperform vote while only 42.64% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Summary
SunCoke Energy beats Compass Minerals International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMP) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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