BG vs. SUZ, GFI, CF, CE, ALB, RS, SQM, WRK, IP, and WLK
Should you be buying Bunge Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunge Global include Suzano (SUZ), Gold Fields (GFI), CF Industries (CF), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Reliance (RS), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), WestRock (WRK), International Paper (IP), and Westlake (WLK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) and Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Suzano has a net margin of 35.19% compared to Bunge Global's net margin of 3.22%. Suzano's return on equity of 33.35% beat Bunge Global's return on equity.
Bunge Global received 472 more outperform votes than Suzano when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote.
86.2% of Bunge Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Suzano shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are owned 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.
Suzano has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bunge Global. Suzano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bunge Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bunge Global had 28 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Bunge Global and 6 mentions for Suzano. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Suzano's score of -0.05 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bunge Global currently has a consensus target price of $121.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Bunge Global's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bunge Global is more favorable than Suzano.
Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Bunge Global pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suzano pays out 33.3% 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.
Bunge Global has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzano has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bunge Global beats Suzano on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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