United States Antimony (NYSE:UAMY – Get Free Report) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
9.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of United States Antimony shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Materion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares United States Antimony and Materion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| United States Antimony | -44.60% | -5.29% | -4.86% |
| Materion | 4.29% | 13.38% | 6.98% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| United States Antimony | $39.26 million | 17.33 | -$4.34 million | ($0.13) | -34.96 |
| Materion | $1.79 billion | 2.90 | $74.82 million | $4.29 | 57.88 |
Materion has higher revenue and earnings than United States Antimony. United States Antimony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
United States Antimony has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for United States Antimony and Materion, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| United States Antimony | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Materion | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
United States Antimony currently has a consensus price target of $10.12, suggesting a potential upside of 122.77%. Materion has a consensus price target of $310.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.84%. Given United States Antimony’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United States Antimony is more favorable than Materion.
Summary
Materion beats United States Antimony on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About United States Antimony
United States Antimony Corporation produces and sells antimony, silver, gold, precious metals, and zeolite products in the United States, and Canada. It operates through Antimony, Zeolite, and Precious Metals segments. The company offers antimony oxide that is primarily used in conjunction with a halogen to form a synergistic flame retardant system for plastics, rubber, fiberglass, textile goods, paints, coatings, and paper, as well as color fastener in paints and as a phosphorescent agent in fluorescent light bulbs; antimony trisulfide used as a primer in ammunition; and antimony metal for use in bearings, storage batteries, and ordnance. The company also offers coarse and fine zeolite for soil amendment and fertilizer, water filtration, sewage treatment, nuclear waste and other environmental cleanup, odor control, gas separation, and animal nutrition applications, as well as in catalysts, petroleum refining, concrete, solar energy and heat exchange, desiccants, pellet binding, horse and kitty litter, and floor cleaners, as well as carriers for insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides. In addition, it recovers unrefined and refined gold and silver. United States Antimony Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Thompson Falls, Montana.
About Materion
Materion Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces advanced engineered materials used in semiconductor, industrial, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, consumer electronics, and telecom and data center in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Performance Materials, Electronic Materials, Precision Optics, and Other. The company provides advanced engineered solutions comprising beryllium and non-beryllium containing alloy systems and custom engineered parts in strip, bulk, rod, plate, bar, tube, and other customized shapes; engineering and product development services; alloyed metals, beryllium products, and beryllium hydroxide; precision strip, rod, and wire products, as well as engineered strip metal products; and ToughMet alloys and SupremEX aluminum silicon carbide metal matrix composite formulation products. It operates the bertrandite ore mine and refinery located in Utah that provides feedstock hydroxide for its beryllium businesses and external sale. In addition, it produces advanced chemicals, microelectronics packaging, precious metal, non-precious metal, and specialty metal products, including vapor deposition targets, frame lid assemblies, clad and precious metal pre-forms, high temperature braze materials, and ultra-pure wire. Further, the company designs and produces precision thin film coatings, optical filters, and assemblies. The company sells its products directly from its facilities, as well as through company-owned service centers, outside distributors, agents, direct sales offices, and independent sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Brush Engineered Materials Inc. and changed its name to Materion Corporation in March 2011. Materion Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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