CLW vs. EU, LAAC, ASTL, EXK, TGB, WLKP, HAYN, RYI, KOP, and DRD
Should you be buying Clearwater Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Paper include enCore Energy (EU), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Haynes International (HAYN), Ryerson (RYI), Koppers (KOP), and DRDGOLD (DRD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) and enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 4.92% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Clearwater Paper's return on equity of 17.35% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.
90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, enCore Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for enCore Energy and 1 mentions for Clearwater Paper. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.00 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clearwater Paper received 400 more outperform votes than enCore Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave enCore Energy an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.
Clearwater Paper currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.40%. enCore Energy has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 43.62%. Given enCore Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than Clearwater Paper.
Clearwater Paper has higher revenue and earnings than enCore Energy. enCore Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enCore Energy has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Clearwater Paper beats enCore Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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