CRDA vs. JMAT, VCT, ELM, SYNT, ESNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, and ITX
Should you be buying Croda International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Croda International include Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Victrex (VCT), Elementis (ELM), Synthomer (SYNT), Essentra (ESNT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Treatt (TET), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) and Croda International (LON:CRDA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
61.3% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Croda International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Johnson Matthey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Croda International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Croda International had 2 more articles in the media than Johnson Matthey. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Croda International and 1 mentions for Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Croda International's score of 0.03 indicating that Croda International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Johnson Matthey pays an annual dividend of GBX 77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Croda International pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Johnson Matthey pays out 13,050.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Croda International pays out 8,934.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Croda International has a net margin of 10.09% compared to Croda International's net margin of 0.84%. Johnson Matthey's return on equity of 7.17% beat Croda International's return on equity.
Croda International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Johnson Matthey. Johnson Matthey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Croda International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Johnson Matthey has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Croda International has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson Matthey received 104 more outperform votes than Croda International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.05% of users gave Johnson Matthey an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Croda International an outperform vote.
Johnson Matthey presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,993.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Croda International has a consensus target price of GBX 5,175, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Johnson Matthey's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Croda International is more favorable than Johnson Matthey.
Summary
Croda International beats Johnson Matthey on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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