SUZ vs. IP, SQM, CF, WRK, GFI, BG, ALB, EMN, RS, and AU
Should you be buying Suzano stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suzano include International Paper (IP), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), CF Industries (CF), WestRock (WRK), Gold Fields (GFI), Bunge Global (BG), Albemarle (ALB), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Reliance (RS), and AngloGold Ashanti (AU). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) and International Paper (NYSE:IP) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Suzano has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Paper. Suzano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Suzano has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2.6% of Suzano shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of International Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of International Paper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Suzano has a net margin of 23.84% compared to International Paper's net margin of 0.93%. Suzano's return on equity of 21.00% beat International Paper's return on equity.
Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. International Paper pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Suzano pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Paper pays out 377.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Paper has a consensus target price of $38.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.02%. Given International Paper's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe International Paper is more favorable than Suzano.
In the previous week, International Paper had 5 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for International Paper and 17 mentions for Suzano. Suzano's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat International Paper's score of 0.42 indicating that Suzano is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Paper received 679 more outperform votes than Suzano when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.13% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote.
Summary
Suzano and International Paper tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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