Minerals Technologies (MTX) Competitors

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

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 0.7%. Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Minerals Technologies pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celanese pays out -0.9% 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.

Do analysts rate MTX or CE?

Minerals Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $101.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.48%. Celanese has a consensus target price of $66.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.82%. Given Minerals Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Celanese.

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	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTX or CE?

Celanese received 469 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Celanese an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Minerals Technologies	Outperform Votes 225 53.07%	Underperform Votes 199 46.93%
Celanese	Outperform Votes 694 62.24%	Underperform Votes 421 37.76%

Does the media favor MTX or CE?

In the previous week, Celanese had 24 more articles in the media than Minerals Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Celanese and 11 mentions for Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Celanese's score of 0.32 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Celanese	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MTX or CE more profitable?

Minerals Technologies has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Celanese's net margin of -14.81%. Celanese's return on equity of 12.86% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minerals Technologies	7.89%	11.49%	5.90%
Celanese	-14.81%	12.86%	3.64%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$2.12B	0.98	$167.10M	$5.18	12.54
Celanese	$10.28B	0.62	$1.96B	-$13.93	-4.19

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTX or CE?

97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, MTX or CE?

Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celanese has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Minerals Technologies beats Celanese on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.