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Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) Competitors

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$43.78 -0.66 (-1.48%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SQM vs. CCJ, TECK, MP, LEU, HBM, NGD, NXE, TMC, KNF, and AUGO

Should you be buying Sociedad Quimica y Minera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Quimica y Minera include Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), MP Materials (MP), Centrus Energy (LEU), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), TMC the metals (TMC), Knife River (KNF), and Aura Minerals (AUGO). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera vs. Its Competitors

Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Sociedad Quimica y Minera 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
Sociedad Quimica y Minera$4.53B2.76$685.12M$1.6726.22
Cameco$2.29B16.50$125.42M$0.8799.71

In the previous week, Cameco had 27 more articles in the media than Sociedad Quimica y Minera. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cameco and 2 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Cameco's score of 1.03 indicating that Sociedad Quimica y Minera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cameco has a net margin of 14.97% compared to Sociedad Quimica y Minera's net margin of 11.29%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity of 9.09% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sociedad Quimica y Minera11.29% 9.09% 4.17%
Cameco 14.97%8.21%5.55%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera presently has a consensus price target of $45.79, indicating a potential upside of 4.57%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $89.55, indicating a potential upside of 3.22%. Given Sociedad Quimica y Minera's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sociedad Quimica y Minera is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Summary

Cameco beats Sociedad Quimica y Minera on 10 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

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SQM vs. The Competition

MetricSociedad Quimica y MineraCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.48B$15.05B$3.78B$21.83B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%5.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio26.2249.91157.1232.43
Price / Sales2.762.9723,917.0760.11
Price / Cash18.0012.9126.4924.21
Price / Book2.413.117.184.59
Net Income$685.12M$424.10M$149.13M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.16%3.01%45.43%1.31%
1 Month Performance0.70%-2.25%52.54%-0.93%
1 Year Performance11.98%1.02%74.73%9.51%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.1496 of 5 stars
$43.78
-1.5%
$45.79
+4.6%
+12.0%$12.48B$4.53B26.228,344News Coverage
Positive News
CCJ
Cameco
3.9482 of 5 stars
$92.09
+6.3%
$89.55
-2.8%
+49.5%$40.09B$2.29B105.852,884Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8556 of 5 stars
$44.52
+6.4%
$54.00
+21.3%
-14.0%$21.39B$9.96B117.167,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
MP
MP Materials
1.6491 of 5 stars
$95.03
+21.3%
$74.00
-22.1%
+333.2%$16.83B$242.12M-150.84490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.8631 of 5 stars
$400.74
+10.2%
$202.09
-49.6%
+286.3%$7.30B$436.90M90.87280Positive News
Gap Up
HBM
HudBay Minerals
4.0496 of 5 stars
$17.60
+6.2%
N/A+73.1%$6.97B$2.02B24.112,803News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
NGD
New Gold
2.9225 of 5 stars
$7.17
+4.8%
$5.81
-19.0%
+130.5%$5.68B$1.03B55.161,570News Coverage
Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.3696 of 5 stars
$8.98
+2.5%
N/A+1.3%$5.16BN/A-35.9260News Coverage
Positive News
TMC
TMC the metals
1.7233 of 5 stars
$10.69
+20.2%
$7.33
-31.4%
+702.9%$4.34BN/A-28.8930Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.7738 of 5 stars
$69.61
+3.3%
$106.83
+53.5%
-30.6%$3.94B$2.90B25.884,761
AUGO
Aura Minerals
3.6145 of 5 stars
$38.05
+3.0%
$43.30
+13.8%
N/A$3.14B$679.91M-46.401,394News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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