CMP vs. SLCA, GSM, SXC, SCCO, FCX, MTRN, USLM, UUUU, LEU, and IPI
Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Intrepid Potash (IPI).
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Silica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
U.S. Silica has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -7.47%. Compass Minerals International's return on equity of 22.03% beat U.S. Silica's return on equity.
Compass Minerals International currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 139.20%. U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Compass Minerals International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than U.S. Silica.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 2 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 4 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.02 indicating that U.S. Silica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U.S. Silica received 587 more outperform votes than Compass Minerals International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.04% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 42.94% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Summary
U.S. Silica beats Compass Minerals International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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