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MP vs. CCJ, TECK, SQM, HBM, NGD, NXE, KNF, LEU, TTAM, and AUGO

Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Knife River (KNF), Centrus Energy (LEU), Titan America (TTAM), and Aura Minerals (AUGO). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

MP Materials vs. Its Competitors

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of MP Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cameco has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cameco$2.29B14.85$125.42M$0.8789.74
MP Materials$242.12M46.53-$65.42M-$0.63-100.96

In the previous week, Cameco had 18 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Cameco and 16 mentions for MP Materials. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat MP Materials' score of 1.03 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cameco
22 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MP Materials
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cameco has a net margin of 14.97% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -41.87%. Cameco's return on equity of 8.21% beat MP Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cameco14.97% 8.21% 5.55%
MP Materials -41.87%-9.34%-4.17%

Cameco currently has a consensus target price of $89.55, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. MP Materials has a consensus target price of $66.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than MP Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
MP Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Cameco beats MP Materials on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MP vs. The Competition

MetricMP MaterialsMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.16B$6.56B$3.63B$21.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%5.05%3.48%
P/E Ratio-100.9618.87158.9629.75
Price / Sales46.53585.3516,237.8486.27
Price / CashN/A89.6025.6925.00
Price / Book9.859.576.814.58
Net Income-$65.42M$279.20M$149.32M$999.94M
7 Day Performance1.04%2.00%2.17%0.68%
1 Month Performance-17.04%7.60%10.29%4.02%
1 Year Performance360.92%53.76%43.94%16.39%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
2.2077 of 5 stars
$63.61
+0.9%
$66.88
+5.1%
+360.9%$11.16B$242.12M-100.96490Positive News
CCJ
Cameco
4.3526 of 5 stars
$76.98
+1.5%
$83.32
+8.2%
+93.6%$33.61B$2.29B88.732,884News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8544 of 5 stars
$35.19
+2.6%
$56.88
+61.6%
-9.5%$16.91B$6.48B92.637,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
3.4399 of 5 stars
$45.51
-0.8%
$45.08
-0.9%
+9.8%$12.95B$4.53B27.148,344
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.672 of 5 stars
$13.19
+3.7%
N/A+84.3%$5.22B$2.02B18.082,803Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NGD
New Gold
2.7564 of 5 stars
$6.52
+3.4%
$4.38
-32.7%
+110.3%$5.14B$1.03B49.971,570Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.287 of 5 stars
$7.95
+1.9%
N/A+32.9%$4.55BN/A-31.8660Positive News
KNF
Knife River
3.936 of 5 stars
$79.83
-0.7%
$114.33
+43.2%
-7.1%$4.52B$2.90B29.694,761Positive News
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.797 of 5 stars
$205.08
-0.2%
$202.09
-1.5%
+462.9%$3.74B$436.90M46.57280Positive News
TTAM
Titan America
0.9101 of 5 stars
$15.59
+0.6%
$17.07
+9.5%
N/A$2.87B$1.63B0.002,742
AUGO
Aura Minerals
N/A$31.63
-0.9%
N/AN/A$2.61B$594.16M-38.571,394News Coverage
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