SCCO vs. RIO, FCX, VNTRQ, VNTR, ECL, VALE, APD, NEM, BHP, and NUE
Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Ecolab (ECL), Vale (VALE), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Newmont (NEM), BHP Group (BHP), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
7.9% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Rio Tinto Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southern Copper has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Copper.
In the previous week, Southern Copper and Southern Copper both had 6 articles in the media. Rio Tinto Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.84 indicating that Rio Tinto Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rio Tinto Group received 1078 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.36% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 24.20% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.00%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 30.44% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.
Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $5.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Southern Copper pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Southern Copper presently has a consensus target price of $90.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.66%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Given Rio Tinto Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than Southern Copper.
Summary
Rio Tinto Group beats Southern Copper on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Southern Copper News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SCCO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Southern Copper Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
