Myers Industries (MYE) Competitors

Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) and O-I Glass (NYSE:OI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MYE or OI?

90.8% of Myers Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of O-I Glass shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Myers Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of O-I Glass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MYE or OI?

Myers Industries has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O-I Glass has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MYE or OI?

Myers Industries currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.93%. O-I Glass has a consensus price target of $15.38, indicating a potential upside of 28.58%. Given Myers Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Myers Industries is more favorable than O-I Glass.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Myers Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
O-I Glass	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media refer more to MYE or OI?

In the previous week, O-I Glass had 10 more articles in the media than Myers Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for O-I Glass and 2 mentions for Myers Industries. Myers Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat O-I Glass' score of 0.87 indicating that Myers Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Myers Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
O-I Glass	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, MYE or OI?

Myers Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than O-I Glass. O-I Glass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Myers Industries, 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
Myers Industries	$836.28M	0.55	$48.87M	$0.19	64.35
O-I Glass	$6.53B	0.28	-$106M	-$0.71	-16.84

Is MYE or OI more profitable?

Myers Industries has a net margin of 1.88% compared to O-I Glass' net margin of -1.62%. Myers Industries' return on equity of 14.75% beat O-I Glass' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Myers Industries	1.88%	14.75%	5.09%
O-I Glass	-1.62%	8.27%	1.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MYE or OI?

O-I Glass received 231 more outperform votes than Myers Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.08% of users gave O-I Glass an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Myers Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Myers Industries	Outperform Votes 231 58.33%	Underperform Votes 165 41.67%
O-I Glass	Outperform Votes 462 59.08%	Underperform Votes 320 40.92%

Is MYE or OI a better dividend stock?

Myers Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. O-I Glass pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Myers Industries pays out 284.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. O-I Glass pays out -28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Myers Industries beats O-I Glass on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.