MP vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, HBM, NGD, NXE, TTAM, AESI, LEU, and TMC
Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Centrus Energy (LEU), and TMC the metals (TMC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
MP Materials vs.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 310 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MP Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MP Materials and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat MP Materials' score of 1.08 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of MP Materials shares are held by 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 presently has a consensus target price of $23.61, indicating a potential upside of 17.46%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus target price of $45.43, indicating a potential upside of 36.50%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than MP Materials.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of -6.74% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -32.09%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat MP Materials' return on equity.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MP Materials and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
