TROX vs. MTX, KRO, EGO, HBM, HL, OR, IOSP, MP, SXT, and CALM
Should you be buying Tronox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tronox include Minerals Technologies (MTX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Hecla Mining (HL), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Innospec (IOSP), MP Materials (MP), Sensient Technologies (SXT), and Cal-Maine Foods (CALM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Tronox received 31 more outperform votes than Minerals Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.11% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave Minerals Technologies an outperform vote.
97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of Tronox shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Tronox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Minerals Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $68.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.98%. Tronox has a consensus price target of $16.29, suggesting a potential downside of 15.33%. Given Tronox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Tronox.
Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Minerals Technologies pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tronox pays out -22.4% 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. Minerals Technologies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Minerals Technologies has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Minerals Technologies' net margin of -11.93%. Tronox's return on equity of 10.87% beat Minerals Technologies' return on equity.
Minerals Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tronox. Tronox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Minerals Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Minerals Technologies has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tronox has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tronox had 6 more articles in the media than Minerals Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Tronox and 1 mentions for Minerals Technologies. Tronox's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Minerals Technologies' score of 0.76 indicating that Minerals Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Minerals Technologies beats Tronox on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Tronox News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TROX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TROX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
