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SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, SUM, KNF, MP, HBM, NXE, NGD, TTAM, and AESI

Should you be buying Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile include Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), New Gold (NGD), Titan America (TTAM), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile vs.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cameco has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less 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.

Cameco presently has a consensus price target of $70.53, indicating a potential upside of 35.13%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.43, indicating a potential upside of 35.47%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
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

In the previous week, Cameco had 20 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Cameco 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 Cameco's score of 1.40 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
Cameco
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 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 Cameco. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 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
Cameco$3.29B6.90$267.32M$0.40130.49
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.53B2.12$923.19M-$1.40-23.95

Cameco has a net margin of 5.39% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cameco5.39% 4.34% 2.85%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15%

Cameco received 159 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CamecoOutperform Votes
530
62.95%
Underperform Votes
312
37.05%
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%

Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cameco pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out -10.0% 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. Cameco has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cameco beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SQM vs. The Competition

MetricSociedad Química y Minera de ChileMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.58B$5.92B$3.09B$19.37B
Dividend Yield0.43%0.89%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio-30.2131.3071.9134.23
Price / Sales2.1217.1825,591,212,775,234,100.0034.85
Price / Cash5.6515.7924.3417.51
Price / Book2.142.775.194.69
Net Income$923.19M$289.19M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.96%-2.85%1.66%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-2.14%8.16%4.64%9.79%
1 Year Performance-29.11%-7.22%15.14%3.27%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.8752 of 5 stars
$33.54
-2.0%
$45.43
+35.5%
-29.9%$9.58B$4.53B-30.216,080News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CCJ
Cameco
4.3939 of 5 stars
$51.12
+0.8%
$70.03
+37.0%
-2.9%$22.26B$3.29B182.592,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8962 of 5 stars
$37.76
+5.7%
$64.11
+69.8%
-34.4%$18.60B$9.74B68.6512,100News Coverage
Positive News
SUM
Summit Materials
0.3696 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.67
-3.6%
+30.0%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
2.9779 of 5 stars
$99.60
+4.9%
$110.40
+10.8%
+35.7%$5.64B$2.92B28.144,389Positive News
MP
MP Materials
1.2277 of 5 stars
$21.09
-3.9%
$23.61
+11.9%
+14.5%$3.45B$203.86M-35.75490High Trading Volume
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.0576 of 5 stars
$8.33
+8.0%
$14.00
+68.2%
-18.1%$3.29B$2.02B46.252,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.4542 of 5 stars
$5.71
-0.4%
N/A-33.5%$3.25BN/A38.0460News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NGD
New Gold
2.3549 of 5 stars
$3.81
-8.9%
$4.04
+6.1%
+93.9%$3.02B$941.50M29.311,570Positive News
High Trading Volume
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$14.44
+4.3%
$17.29
+19.7%
N/A$2.66B$1.63B0.002,726Gap Up
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.6145 of 5 stars
$13.20
+5.0%
$20.81
+57.7%
-46.6%$1.61B$1.16B16.71490Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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