Neo Performance Materials (OTCMKTS:NOPMF) vs. Mitsui Chemicals (OTCMKTS:MITUY) Financial Survey

Neo Performance Materials (OTCMKTS:NOPMF) and Mitsui Chemicals (OTCMKTS:MITUY) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Neo Performance Materials and Mitsui Chemicals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Neo Performance Materials	0	1	1	0	2.50
Mitsui Chemicals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Dividends

Neo Performance Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Mitsui Chemicals pays an annual dividend of $9.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 77.3%. Neo Performance Materials pays out -111.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitsui Chemicals pays out -9.7% 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Neo Performance Materials and Mitsui Chemicals”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Neo Performance Materials	$478.79 million	1.52	-$9.98 million	($0.26)	-66.69
Mitsui Chemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A	($93.89)	-0.13

Mitsui Chemicals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Neo Performance Materials. Neo Performance Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitsui Chemicals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Neo Performance Materials and Mitsui Chemicals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Neo Performance Materials	-2.09%	5.05%	3.17%
Mitsui Chemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Neo Performance Materials beats Mitsui Chemicals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Neo Performance Materials

Neo Performance Materials Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of rare earth, magnetic powders, magnets, and rare metal-based functional materials in Canada and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Magnequench, Chemicals and Oxides, and Rare Metals. The Magnequench segment produces magnetic powders that are used in bonded and hot deformed fully dense neodymium-iron-boron magnets; and bonded magnets. Its powders are used in the production of bonded permanent magnets that are components in automotive motors, pumps, micro motors, traction motors, sensors, and other applications. The Chemicals and Oxides segments manufactures and distributes a range of industrial materials for use in auto catalysts, consumer electronics, petroleum refining, hybrid and electric vehicles, and municipal and industrial wastewater treatment applications. The Rare Metals segment sources, produces, reclaims, refines, and markets high-temperature metals that include tantalum, niobium, hafnium, and rhenium; and electronic metals, such as gallium and indium for jet engines, medical imaging, wireless technologies, and LED lightings, as well as flat panel displays, solar, steel additives, batteries, and electronic applications. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Mitsui Chemicals

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. engages in the mobility, life and health care, basic and green materials, ICT, and other businesses worldwide. The company's develops elastomers, performance compounds, polypropylene compounds, and other materials; offers vision care materials, nonwoven fabrics and personal care materials, agrochemical products, and oral care and orthopedic materials. It offers semiconductor and assembly solutions, including process tapes, industrial films and sheets, smartphone camera lens materials, high-performance packaging materials, packaging films, and other products; imaging solutions, such as lens materials, materials for reflective films, and LCD and OLED sealing materials; battery material solutions; and converting solutions, including L-LDPE films, heat sealants, barrier coating materials, and packaging adhesives. In addition, the company offers petrochemicals, which comprise ethylene, propylene, high- and low-density polyethylene; basic chemicals, such as phenol, bisphenol, acetone, isopropyl alcohol, methyl isobutyl ketone, terephthalic acid, PET resin, ethylene oxide and glycol, hydroquinone, meta/para-cresol, ammonia, urea, and melamine; and polyurethane raw materials. It sells its products in Japan, China, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and internationally. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.