NTR vs. TECK.B, ABX, WPM, FNV, AEM, IVN, FM, LUN, TNX, and K
Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include Teck Resources (TECK.B), Barrick Gold (ABX), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Lundin Mining (LUN), TRX Gold (TNX), and Kinross Gold (K). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.B) and Nutrien (TSE:NTR) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Nutrien had 15 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nutrien and 3 mentions for Teck Resources. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Nutrien's score of 0.57 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nutrien shares are owned 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.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 4.48%. Nutrien's return on equity of 5.37% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of C$2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Teck Resources pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Teck Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nutrien. Nutrien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teck Resources received 305 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.88% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
Teck Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$72.45, indicating a potential upside of 1.61%. Nutrien has a consensus price target of C$68.25, indicating a potential downside of 13.04%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Nutrien.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Nutrien on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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