ODC vs. CMP, TMC, LWLG, MUX, VHI, PACK, ARMN, NL, EXK, and PPTA
Should you be buying Oil-Dri Co. of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil-Dri Co. of America include Compass Minerals International (CMP), TMC the metals (TMC), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), McEwen Mining (MUX), Valhi (VHI), Ranpak (PACK), Aris Mining (ARMN), NL Industries (NL), Endeavour Silver (EXK), and Perpetua Resources (PPTA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Oil-Dri Co. of America's net margin of -4.97%. Compass Minerals International's return on equity of 26.98% beat Oil-Dri Co. of America's return on equity.
In the previous week, Compass Minerals International had 12 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Compass Minerals International and 5 mentions for Oil-Dri Co. of America. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Oil-Dri Co. of America's score of 0.12 indicating that Oil-Dri Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Compass Minerals International received 121 more outperform votes than Oil-Dri Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave Oil-Dri Co. of America an outperform vote while only 42.94% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
Oil-Dri Co. of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil-Dri Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Compass Minerals International pays out -41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays out 19.0% 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. Oil-Dri Co. of America has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus target price of $33.80, suggesting a potential upside of 165.10%. Given Oil-Dri Co. of America's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Oil-Dri Co. of America.
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil-Dri Co. of America has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oil-Dri Co. of America beats Compass Minerals International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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