TECK.B vs. WPM, FNV, NTR, ABX, AEM, IVN, FM, LUN, TNX, and K
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Nutrien (NTR), Barrick Gold (ABX), 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 Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 10.60%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 7.85% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Teck Resources pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 52.1% 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.
Teck Resources received 488 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.92% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Teck Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 5 mentions for Teck Resources. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.34 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$72.45, suggesting a potential upside of 2.12%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus price target of C$84.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Wheaton Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Teck Resources.
78.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Teck Resources News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TECK.B and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TECK.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
TECK.B vs. The Competition
Teck Resources Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
