SMG vs. MOS, CF, ICL, AVNT, NXE, CSWI, SID, CC, AMR, and HUN
Should you be buying Scotts Miracle-Gro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scotts Miracle-Gro include Mosaic (MOS), CF Industries (CF), ICL Group (ICL), Avient (AVNT), NexGen Energy (NXE), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Chemours (CC), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), and Huntsman (HUN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE:SMG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $38.36, indicating a potential upside of 25.31%. Scotts Miracle-Gro has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.05%. Given Scotts Miracle-Gro's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Mosaic received 344 more outperform votes than Scotts Miracle-Gro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.63% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Scotts Miracle-Gro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 16 more articles in the media than Scotts Miracle-Gro. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Mosaic and 3 mentions for Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Scotts Miracle-Gro's score of 0.51 indicating that Scotts Miracle-Gro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scotts Miracle-Gro has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mosaic has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Mosaic's net margin of -10.14%. Scotts Miracle-Gro's return on equity of 8.23% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Scotts Miracle-Gro shares are held by company 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.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Mosaic pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scotts Miracle-Gro pays out -42.3% 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. Mosaic has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Scotts Miracle-Gro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mosaic has higher revenue and earnings than Scotts Miracle-Gro. Scotts Miracle-Gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mosaic beats Scotts Miracle-Gro on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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