Analyzing Mativ (MATV) & Its Rivals

Mativ (NYSE:MATV) is one of 295 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Mativ to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Mativ and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mativ	0	1	0	0	2.00
Mativ Competitors	3241	12196	14114	516	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 6.37%. Given Mativ’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mativ has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mativ and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mativ	$1.99 billion	-$337.40 million	7.40
Mativ Competitors	$6.42 billion	$222.31 million	-3.63

Mativ’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.0% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Mativ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held 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.

Risk and Volatility

Mativ has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ’s peers have a beta of 0.94, suggesting that their average share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Mativ and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mativ	4.50%	13.53%	3.08%
Mativ Competitors	-61.58%	1.07%	-1.45%

Dividends

Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Mativ pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 108.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Mativ is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Mativ peers beat Mativ on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Mativ

Mativ Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells specialty materials in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Americas, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Advanced Technical Materials and Fiber-Based Solutions. The Advanced Technical Materials manufactures and sells various engineered polymer, resin and fiber-based substrates, nets, films, adhesive tapes, and other nonwovens for the filtration, protective solutions, release liners, and healthcare end-markets. This segment sells its products directly, as well as through sales agents and distributors. The Fiber-Based Solutions segment produces packaging and specialty paper products. This segment provides premium packaging products that are used for wine, spirits and beer labels, folding cartons, box wrap, bags, hang tags, and stored value cards servicing retail, cosmetics, spirits, and electronics end-use markets; and premium papers, which are used in commercial printing services, advertising collateral, stationery, corporate identity packages and brochures, direct mail, business cards, and other uses. It also offers branded paper-based products for the consumer channel, such as bright papers, cardstock, stationery paper, envelopes, journals, and planners. This segment distributes its products through authorized paper distributors, converters, retailers, and specialty business converters, as well as directly to end-users. The company was formerly known as Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. and changed its name to Mativ Holdings, Inc. in July 2022. Mativ Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.