Incitec Pivot (OTCMKTS:INCZY) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) Head-To-Head Review

Incitec Pivot (OTCMKTS:INCZY) and Minerals Technologies (NYSE:MTX) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Incitec Pivot pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Minerals Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Incitec Pivot pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minerals Technologies pays out -22.1% 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 2 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Incitec Pivot and Minerals Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Incitec Pivot	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minerals Technologies	-3.13%	10.63%	5.20%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Incitec Pivot and Minerals Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Incitec Pivot	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.15	8.80
Minerals Technologies	$2.07 billion	1.08	-$18.40 million	($2.17)	-33.21

Incitec Pivot has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Minerals Technologies. Minerals Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Incitec Pivot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Incitec Pivot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Minerals Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Incitec Pivot and Minerals Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Incitec Pivot	0	0	0	0	0.00
Minerals Technologies	1	1	1	0	2.00

Minerals Technologies has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.90%. Given Minerals Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Minerals Technologies is more favorable than Incitec Pivot.

Summary

Minerals Technologies beats Incitec Pivot on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Incitec Pivot

Incitec Pivot Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes industrial explosives, industrial chemicals, and fertilizers in Australia, the United States, the Asia Pacific, Turkey, France, and internationally. It offers ammonium nitrate, nitrogen-based fertilizer, ammonia, di/mono-ammonium phosphate, and single super phosphate. The company also manufactures and sells industrial explosives, and related products and services to mining, quarrying, and construction industries. In addition, it offers industrial chemicals to the agriculture and specialist industries. The company was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Southbank, Australia.

About Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and markets various mineral, mineral-based, and related systems and services. The company operates through two segments, Consumer & Specialties, and Engineered Solutions segments. The Consumer & Specialties segment offers household and personal care products, such as pet litter, personal care, fabric care, edible oil and other fluid purification, animal health, and agricultural products; and specialty additives products, including precipitated calcium carbonate and ground calcium carbonate products that are used in the paper, paperboard, and fiber based packaging industries, as well as automotive, construction, and table and food applications. This segment produces limestone and dolomitic limestone used in construction, automotive, and consumer markets for packaging applications. The Engineered Solutions segment provides high-temperature technology products consisting of custom-blended mineral and non-mineral products for casting auto parts, farm and construction equipment, oil and gas production equipment, power generation turbine castings, and rail car components; and environmental and infrastructure products comprising geosynthetic clay lining systems, vapor intrusion mitigation products, sub surface waterproofing systems, green roofs, wastewater remediation, drinking water purification technologies, and drilling products. In addition, this segment provides chromite products; gunnable monolithic refractory products and application systems; monolithic refractory materials and pre-cast refractory shapes; refractory shapes and linings; carbon composite and pyrolitic graphite; and filtration and well testing services. It markets its products primarily through its direct sales force, as well as regional distributors. The company serves in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Minerals Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.