MEOH vs. SXT, NEU, TFPM, SBSW, KWR, IOSP, HBM, HL, EGO, and OR
Should you be buying Methanex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Methanex include Sensient Technologies (SXT), NewMarket (NEU), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Innospec (IOSP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Hecla Mining (HL), Eldorado Gold (EGO), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sensient Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Methanex. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sensient Technologies and 12 mentions for Methanex. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Sensient Technologies' score of 0.52 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sensient Technologies has a net margin of 6.16% compared to Sensient Technologies' net margin of 4.63%. Methanex's return on equity of 11.40% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.
Methanex received 459 more outperform votes than Sensient Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote.
Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.9% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Sensient Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sensient Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.04%. Methanex has a consensus target price of $54.88, suggesting a potential upside of 13.78%. Given Sensient Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Sensient Technologies.
Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sensient Technologies pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methanex pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Methanex has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Sensient Technologies beats Methanex on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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