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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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MP MaterialsOutperform Votes
61
62.24%
Underperform Votes
37
37.76%
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MP Materials
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MP Materials$215.98M15.21$24.31M-$0.65-30.93
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.53B2.10$923.19M-$1.40-23.77

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MP Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MP Materials-32.09% -8.44% -3.98%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15%

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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MP vs. The Competition

MetricMP MaterialsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.29B$6.89B$3.08B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A3.56%5.20%3.83%
P/E Ratio-34.0714.0572.0534.53
Price / Sales15.2195.2425,591,212,775,274,500.0034.84
Price / Cash38.0821.4824.3417.51
Price / Book2.625.075.214.69
Net Income$24.31M$605.28M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.72%2.30%2.55%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-12.29%6.79%5.11%6.27%
1 Year Performance19.05%11.39%18.49%5.78%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
1.2354 of 5 stars
$20.10
+3.1%
$23.61
+17.5%
+14.6%$3.29B$215.98M-34.07490Positive News
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.7295 of 5 stars
$34.43
-1.1%
$45.43
+31.9%
-30.1%$9.83B$4.53B-31.026,080Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SUM
Summit Materials
0.4165 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.82
-3.3%
+33.4%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
2.9553 of 5 stars
$100.45
-0.4%
$112.80
+12.3%
+35.8%$5.69B$2.92B28.384,389Positive News
Gap Down
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
2.8846 of 5 stars
$8.19
+0.9%
$14.00
+70.9%
-10.8%$3.24B$2.09B45.502,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NGD
New Gold
2.3436 of 5 stars
$3.89
+3.2%
$4.04
+3.9%
+115.9%$3.08B$941.50M29.931,570Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.4621 of 5 stars
$5.40
-1.1%
N/A-27.7%$3.08BN/A36.0060Gap Down
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.05
-0.4%
$17.29
+23.0%
N/A$2.59B$1.63B0.002,726
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.5485 of 5 stars
$13.19
-2.2%
$19.81
+50.2%
-47.0%$1.61B$1.16B16.70490Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.6502 of 5 stars
$94.55
-1.3%
$143.67
+51.9%
+95.9%$1.59B$471.40M21.44280Positive News
TMC
TMC the metals
1.6257 of 5 stars
$4.41
+21.2%
$4.88
+10.5%
+196.6%$1.53BN/A-14.2330Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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