MP vs. VALE, CCJ, TECK, SQM, LEU, HBM, NGD, NXE, KNF, and TMC
Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), Centrus Energy (LEU), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Knife River (KNF), and TMC the metals (TMC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
MP Materials vs. Its Competitors
Vale (NYSE:VALE) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Vale currently has a consensus price target of $11.96, indicating a potential upside of 8.81%. MP Materials has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.69%. Given Vale's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than MP Materials.
In the previous week, MP Materials had 44 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for MP Materials and 14 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat MP Materials' score of 0.72 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vale has a net margin of 14.23% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -41.87%. Vale's return on equity of 18.14% beat MP Materials' return on equity.
21.9% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vale has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vale has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vale beats MP Materials on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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This page (NYSE:MP) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
