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MP vs. CCJ, TECK, SQM, KNF, NXE, LEU, HBM, NGD, TMC, 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), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Centrus Energy (LEU), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), TMC the metals (TMC), 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

MP Materials has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% 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
MP Materials$203.85M51.13-$65.42M-$0.65-98.08
Cameco$2.29B13.88$125.42M$0.8783.87

Cameco has a net margin of 14.97% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -48.41%. Cameco's return on equity of 8.21% beat MP Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MP Materials-48.41% -9.77% -4.45%
Cameco 14.97%8.21%5.55%

52.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MP Materials presently has a consensus target price of $57.88, indicating a potential downside of 9.22%. Cameco has a consensus target price of $82.65, indicating a potential upside of 13.27%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

In the previous week, Cameco had 24 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Cameco and 27 mentions for MP Materials. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat MP Materials' score of 0.55 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MP Materials
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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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$10.42B$5.80B$3.17B$20.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%5.20%3.71%
P/E Ratio-98.0823.81118.1529.01
Price / Sales51.13463.2930,017,513,221,196,900.0057.02
Price / CashN/A28.0123.8217.53
Price / Book9.877.565.874.53
Net Income-$65.42M$278.61M$148.86M$994.29M
7 Day Performance-0.72%-5.99%-2.53%-3.62%
1 Month Performance100.82%3.60%0.76%-2.71%
1 Year Performance470.73%39.50%28.31%10.16%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MP
MP Materials
2.2239 of 5 stars
$63.75
+3.7%
$57.88
-9.2%
+470.7%$10.42B$203.85M-98.08490Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
CCJ
Cameco
4.1508 of 5 stars
$78.85
-0.9%
$80.65
+2.3%
+91.9%$34.33B$2.29B197.142,884Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8855 of 5 stars
$33.61
+1.9%
$60.11
+78.8%
-30.0%$16.24B$6.48B88.457,200
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.2444 of 5 stars
$39.28
-5.7%
$41.43
+5.5%
+1.7%$11.22B$4.53B18.618,344Positive News
KNF
Knife River
3.0541 of 5 stars
$82.25
+0.1%
$117.17
+42.5%
+13.8%$4.66B$2.92B25.954,761Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0842 of 5 stars
$7.12
-2.5%
N/A+16.8%$4.06BN/A-44.4760Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.1133 of 5 stars
$238.19
-1.2%
$178.64
-25.0%
+454.1%$4.06B$471.40M54.01280Positive News
Gap Down
HBM
HudBay Minerals
2.859 of 5 stars
$9.82
-0.6%
N/A+22.8%$3.88B$2.02B25.832,803
NGD
New Gold
2.1624 of 5 stars
$4.14
-6.2%
$4.38
+6.0%
+94.5%$3.27B$941.50M31.811,570Gap Up
TMC
TMC the metals
1.7361 of 5 stars
$7.44
-4.6%
$6.75
-9.2%
+469.9%$2.70BN/A-32.3930Gap Down
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$13.84
-3.6%
$17.07
+23.3%
N/A$2.55B$1.63B0.002,742Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Lockup Expiration

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