KOP vs. PRM, SSRM, RYI, SLCA, MATV, SA, MTUS, GSM, KRO, and CGAU
Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Perimeter Solutions (PRM), SSR Mining (SSRM), Ryerson (RYI), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Mativ (MATV), Seabridge Gold (SA), Metallus (MTUS), Ferroglobe (GSM), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), and Centerra Gold (CGAU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Koppers had 3 more articles in the media than Perimeter Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Koppers and 0 mentions for Perimeter Solutions. Koppers' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Perimeter Solutions' score of 0.64 indicating that Perimeter Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Koppers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than Perimeter Solutions. Koppers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perimeter Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perimeter Solutions has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Perimeter Solutions' net margin of 4.14%. Perimeter Solutions' return on equity of 20.10% beat Koppers' return on equity.
Perimeter Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.40%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Given Koppers' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Perimeter Solutions is more favorable than Koppers.
Koppers received 332 more outperform votes than Perimeter Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.63% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Perimeter Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Koppers beats Perimeter Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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