SQM vs. VALE, CCJ, TECK, MP, KNF, HBM, NGD, NXE, LEU, and TTAM
Should you be buying Sociedad Quimica y Minera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Quimica y Minera include Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), NexGen Energy (NXE), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Titan America (TTAM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera vs. Its Competitors
Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Vale has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Sociedad Quimica y Minera's net margin of 11.29%. Vale's return on equity of 18.14% beat Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity.
Vale has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vale currently has a consensus target price of $11.84, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a consensus target price of $45.40, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Vale's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than Sociedad Quimica y Minera.
21.9% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Sociedad Quimica y Minera. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Quimica y Minera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sociedad Quimica y Minera had 20 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera and 10 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Sociedad Quimica y Minera's score of 0.67 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vale beats Sociedad Quimica y Minera on 9 of the 14 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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This page (NYSE:SQM) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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