MP vs. CCJ, TECK, SQM, HBM, LEU, NGD, NXE, KNF, AUGO, and TTAM
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), Centrus Energy (LEU), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Knife River (KNF), Aura Minerals (AUGO), and Titan America (TTAM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
MP Materials vs. Its Competitors
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Cameco had 17 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Cameco and 13 mentions for MP Materials. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat MP Materials' score of 0.83 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MP Materials presently has a consensus price target of $68.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.25%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $89.55, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than MP Materials.
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.
52.5% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of MP Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned 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.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less 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.
Summary
Cameco beats MP Materials on 13 of the 16 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.
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 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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