SCCO vs. FCX, MTRN, SLCA, GSM, SXC, CMP, BHP, RIO, VALE, and CLF
Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Compass Minerals International (CMP), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF).
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Freeport-McMoRan received 717 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 24.20% compared to Southern Copper's net margin of 7.83%. Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity of 30.44% beat Southern Copper's return on equity.
Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Freeport-McMoRan presently has a consensus target price of $53.07, indicating a potential upside of 17.93%. Southern Copper has a consensus target price of $89.57, indicating a potential downside of 15.02%. Given Southern Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.
In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 26 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 11 mentions for Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.54 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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