JMAT vs. VCT, ELM, CRDA, EDV, FRES, CEY, BREE, VSVS, MNDI, and S32
Should you be buying Johnson Matthey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Johnson Matthey include Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Croda International (CRDA), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Fresnillo (FRES), Centamin (CEY), Breedon Group (BREE), Vesuvius (VSVS), Mondi (MNDI), and South32 (S32). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) and Victrex (LON:VCT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Victrex had 1 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Victrex and 6 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Victrex's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Johnson Matthey's score of 0.78 indicating that Victrex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Matthey presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,993.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.04%. Victrex has a consensus target price of GBX 1,707.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.14%. Given Victrex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victrex is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victrex has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.0% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Victrex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Victrex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Victrex received 23 more outperform votes than Johnson Matthey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Victrex an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote.
Johnson Matthey has higher revenue and earnings than Victrex. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victrex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victrex has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Johnson Matthey's net margin of 1.27%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 7.11% beat Victrex's return on equity.
Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Johnson Matthey pays out 8,020.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Victrex pays out 17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Victrex beats Johnson Matthey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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