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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vale
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
MP Materials
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vale
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MP Materials
27 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vale14.23% 18.14% 7.99%
MP Materials -41.87%-9.34%-4.17%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vale$38.06B1.31$6.17B$1.238.94
MP Materials$203.85M85.37-$65.42M-$0.63-155.97

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

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$17.47B$7.39B$3.80B$21.80B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%5.07%3.67%
P/E Ratio-156.5419.65157.7429.71
Price / Sales85.37171.5526,433.2088.74
Price / CashN/A32.1924.3217.79
Price / Book15.219.307.354.66
Net Income-$65.42M$276.93M$148.99M$1.01B
7 Day Performance33.14%15.39%4.71%-0.45%
1 Month Performance54.49%59.96%16.92%0.88%
1 Year Performance452.98%131.23%71.54%13.59%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
1.7733 of 5 stars
$97.81
+2.9%
$74.00
-24.3%
+433.6%$17.26B$203.85M-154.69490Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VALE
Vale
3.5841 of 5 stars
$11.30
+2.6%
$12.03
+6.5%
-0.7%$51.27B$38.06B9.1864,610
CCJ
Cameco
3.6313 of 5 stars
$85.45
+1.5%
$89.55
+4.8%
+79.3%$37.25B$3.57B98.342,884Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8997 of 5 stars
$43.16
-0.2%
$56.88
+31.8%
-13.0%$20.74B$6.48B113.627,200Analyst Revision
Gap Down
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.1076 of 5 stars
$43.27
+0.4%
$45.79
+5.8%
+2.0%$12.34B$4.53B25.878,344Gap Down
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.8101 of 5 stars
$356.74
+3.9%
$202.09
-43.4%
+574.0%$6.50B$436.90M80.90280Positive News
Gap Down
HBM
HudBay Minerals
2.3877 of 5 stars
$15.70
-0.3%
N/A+87.9%$6.22B$2.20B21.522,803News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NGD
New Gold
2.8366 of 5 stars
$7.32
-0.5%
$4.56
-37.7%
+154.3%$5.79B$1.03B56.271,570Positive News
Analyst Revision
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1628 of 5 stars
$9.04
+3.7%
N/A+26.5%$5.20BN/A-36.1560
KNF
Knife River
3.4661 of 5 stars
$71.20
-2.0%
$106.83
+50.0%
-22.4%$4.03B$2.90B26.424,761
TMC
TMC the metals
1.4203 of 5 stars
$7.73
+4.3%
$7.33
-5.1%
+937.9%$3.16BN/A-21.0130News Coverage

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