SCCO vs. FCX, VALE, RIO, BHP, APD, ECL, NEM, DOW, NUE, and NTR
Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Vale (VALE), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), BHP Group (BHP), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Ecolab (ECL), Newmont (NEM), DOW (DOW), Nucor (NUE), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Southern Copper vs.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Freeport-McMoRan presently has a consensus price target of $39.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Southern Copper has a consensus price target of $60.14, indicating a potential downside of 21.12%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.
Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Freeport-McMoRan has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 117.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Southern Copper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Freeport-McMoRan received 705 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.
Southern Copper has a net margin of 26.26% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 15.22%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 33.31% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Southern Copper had 2 more articles in the media than Freeport-McMoRan. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Southern Copper and 5 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.37 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.1% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
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.
Southern Copper Competitors List
