USLM vs. CMP, CINR, EXP, MLM, VMC, SUM, MDU, KNF, HL, and SLCA
Should you be buying United States Lime & Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Lime & Minerals include Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ciner Resources (CINR), Eagle Materials (EXP), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), and U.S. Silica (SLCA).
United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -7.47%. Compass Minerals International's return on equity of 22.03% beat United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals and United States Lime & Minerals both had 6 articles in the media. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Compass Minerals International's score of 0.02 indicating that United States Lime & Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United States Lime & Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. United States Lime & Minerals pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Compass Minerals International pays out -28.7% 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. Compass Minerals International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 139.20%. Given Compass Minerals International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
Compass Minerals International received 94 more outperform votes than United States Lime & Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 42.94% of users gave Compass Minerals International an outperform vote.
United States Lime & Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United States Lime & Minerals and Compass Minerals International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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