ICL vs. SMG, MOS, CF, WFG, AGI, CMC, HMY, OLN, ESI, and CBT
Should you be buying ICL Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICL Group include Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Mosaic (MOS), CF Industries (CF), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Alamos Gold (AGI), Commercial Metals (CMC), Harmony Gold Mining (HMY), Olin (OLN), Element Solutions (ESI), and Cabot (CBT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scotts Miracle-Gro received 111 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.63% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICL Group pays out 51.4% 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.
In the previous week, Scotts Miracle-Gro had 3 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro and 0 mentions for ICL Group. ICL Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.50 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.5% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ICL Group has a net margin of 6.68% compared to ICL Group's net margin of -10.14%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity of 9.05% beat ICL Group's return on equity.
Scotts Miracle-Gro presently has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.05%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.55%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ICL Group is more favorable than Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Scotts Miracle-Gro and ICL Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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