SCL vs. AG, ERO, CDE, NGVT, ANDE, IAG, WS, HWKN, SAND, and DQ
Should you be buying Stepan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stepan include First Majestic Silver (AG), Ero Copper (ERO), Coeur Mining (CDE), Ingevity (NGVT), Andersons (ANDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), Worthington Steel (WS), Hawkins (HWKN), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and Daqo New Energy (DQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Stepan (NYSE:SCL) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
82.7% of Stepan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Stepan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver 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.
Stepan has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stepan had 8 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Stepan and 5 mentions for First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Stepan's score of 1.03 indicating that First Majestic Silver is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stepan pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. First Majestic Silver pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Stepan pays out 85.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Majestic Silver pays out -4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Stepan presently has a consensus target price of $89.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 136.31%. Given First Majestic Silver's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Majestic Silver is more favorable than Stepan.
Stepan has higher revenue and earnings than First Majestic Silver. First Majestic Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stepan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stepan has a net margin of 1.73% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -23.55%. Stepan's return on equity of 4.20% beat First Majestic Silver's return on equity.
First Majestic Silver received 189 more outperform votes than Stepan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Stepan an outperform vote.
Summary
Stepan beats First Majestic Silver on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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