Minerals Technologies (MTX) Competitors

Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) and Celanese (NYSE:CE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MTX or CE?

Celanese has higher revenue and earnings than Minerals Technologies. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Minerals Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minerals Technologies	$2.17B	1.12	$84.10M	$4.72	16.13
Celanese	$10.94B	0.73	$1.96B	$9.94	7.31

Which has more volatility and risk, MTX or CE?

Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MTX or CE?

Celanese has a consensus target price of $106.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.81%. Given Celanese's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Celanese is more favorable than Minerals Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minerals Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Celanese	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTX or CE?

Celanese received 467 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.74% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 52.76% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Minerals Technologies	Outperform Votes 220 52.76%	Underperform Votes 197 47.24%
Celanese	Outperform Votes 687 62.74%	Underperform Votes 408 37.26%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MTX or CE?

97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Celanese shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MTX or CE?

In the previous week, Celanese had 29 more articles in the media than Minerals Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Celanese and 2 mentions for Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Celanese's score of 0.42 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Minerals Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celanese	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MTX or CE more profitable?

Celanese has a net margin of 10.40% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of 7.20%. Celanese's return on equity of 13.17% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minerals Technologies	7.20%	11.27%	5.73%
Celanese	10.40%	13.17%	3.84%

Is MTX or CE a better dividend stock?

Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Minerals Technologies pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out 28.2% 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.

Summary

Celanese beats Minerals Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.