RYAM vs. MERC, PLL, FSTR, DC, IPI, TG, ATLX, VZLA, GRWG, and ODV
Should you be buying Rayonier Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier Advanced Materials include Mercer International (MERC), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Dakota Gold (DC), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Tredegar (TG), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), GrowGeneration (GRWG), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Mercer International received 80 more outperform votes than Rayonier Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave Rayonier Advanced Materials an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Mercer International 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.
Rayonier Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Rayonier Advanced Materials pays out -17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercer International pays out -8.2% 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. Rayonier Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.15% compared to Mercer International's net margin of -12.14%. Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity of -6.80% beat Mercer International's return on equity.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rayonier Advanced Materials currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. Mercer International has a consensus target price of $9.67, suggesting a potential downside of 9.15%. Given Rayonier Advanced Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
In the previous week, Rayonier Advanced Materials had 9 more articles in the media than Mercer International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials and 3 mentions for Mercer International. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of -0.03 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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