TECK vs. SQM, WPM, FNV, NTR, CCJ, GOLD, STLD, MT, WLK, and PPG
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Nutrien (NTR), Cameco (CCJ), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Steel Dynamics (STLD), ArcelorMittal (MT), Westlake (WLK), and PPG Industries (PPG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile presently has a consensus target price of $65.18, indicating a potential upside of 34.95%. Teck Resources has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Teck Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Teck Resources.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 26.95% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 10.59%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 39.90% beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity.
12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teck Resources pays out 16.4% 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.
Teck Resources received 430 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 56.46% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Teck Resources and 6 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.95 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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