SLVM vs. MATV, CALM, EGO, TROX, OR, MP, SXT, MTX, IOSP, and KWR
Should you be buying Sylvamo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylvamo include Mativ (MATV), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Tronox (TROX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), MP Materials (MP), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Innospec (IOSP), and Quaker Chemical (KWR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Sylvamo has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Mativ's net margin of -15.56%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 24.67% beat Mativ's return on equity.
Sylvamo has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sylvamo presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.81%. Given Sylvamo's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Mativ.
91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sylvamo pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ pays out -6.6% 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. Mativ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sylvamo received 6 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mativ had 3 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mativ and 9 mentions for Sylvamo. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Mativ's score of -0.11 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sylvamo has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sylvamo beats Mativ on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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