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NYSE:SQM

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) Competitors

$64.17
-2.70 (-4.04%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$63.95
$66.30
50-Day Range
$63.44
$83.35
52-Week Range
$60.21
$115.72
Volume
1.59 million shs
Average Volume
1.89 million shs
Market Capitalization
$18.33 billion
P/E Ratio
4.75
Dividend Yield
12.73%
Price Target
$88.25

SQM vs. TECK, WPM, MT, PKX, STLD, ALB, BG, WLK, AEM, and GFI

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 Teck Resources (TECK), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), ArcelorMittal (MT), POSCO (PKX), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Albemarle (ALB), Bunge (BG), Westlake (WLK), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Gold Fields (GFI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile vs.

Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $8.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Teck Resources pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 60.4% 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. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 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 longer track record of dividend growth.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 35.24% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 16.80%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 82.96% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Teck Resources 16.80% 15.71% 8.12%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 35.24% 82.96% 37.19%

Teck Resources has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.2% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Teck Resources received 423 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.75% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Teck ResourcesOutperform Votes
780
60.75%
Underperform Votes
504
39.25%
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
357
57.21%
Underperform Votes
267
42.79%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Teck Resources. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Teck Resources$16.49 billion1.21$2.55 billion$4.169.39
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$10.95 billion1.67$3.91 billion$13.524.75

Teck Resources presently has a consensus price target of $61.86, indicating a potential upside of 58.33%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $88.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.53%. Given Teck Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Teck Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, Teck Resources and Teck Resources both had 11 articles in the media. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.37 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
Teck Resources
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Teck Resources beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SQM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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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$18.33B$4.61B$2.52B$14.24B
Dividend Yield12.34%2.94%4.97%4.06%
P/E Ratio4.7510.8391.4019.51
Price / Sales1.67685.6074,562.909.06
Price / Cash4.8513.3825.4323.16
Price / Book3.352.542.909.09
Net Income$3.91B$376.81M$406.18M$896.31M
7 Day Performance-7.09%-3.47%-1.66%-1.03%
1 Month Performance-4.91%-6.66%1.51%-2.91%
1 Year Performance-39.56%5.16%-12.07%-10.42%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TECK
Teck Resources
2.7241 of 5 stars
$38.12
-0.5%
$61.86
+62.3%
-11.8%$19.53B$13.32B9.1612,100Gap Up
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
2.6489 of 5 stars
$44.13
-1.2%
$350.56
+694.4%
-17.8%$19.98B$1.07B31.9844Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
2.2738 of 5 stars
$25.59
-1.5%
$28.68
+12.1%
-22.8%$20.61B$79.84B3.70154,352
PKX
POSCO
3.4366 of 5 stars
$68.21
-0.7%
N/A+15.5%$20.63B$65.60B7.3538,175
STLD
Steel Dynamics
2.1051 of 5 stars
$93.03
-2.7%
$107.63
+15.7%
+6.0%$15.72B$22.26B4.9512,060
ALB
Albemarle
2.7887 of 5 stars
$201.86
-1.0%
$282.74
+40.1%
-25.5%$23.69B$7.32B6.477,400Short Interest ↑
BG
Bunge
2.523 of 5 stars
$93.97
-0.3%
$121.22
+29.0%
-18.1%$14.15B$67.23B9.2223,000
WLK
Westlake
2.288 of 5 stars
$108.33
-3.2%
$120.00
+10.8%
-17.9%$13.82B$15.79B7.4515,920Positive News
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.2776 of 5 stars
$50.25
-1.5%
$70.63
+40.6%
-7.1%$24.84B$5.74B9.8916,105High Trading Volume
GFI
Gold Fields
1.4906 of 5 stars
$14.62
-0.1%
$11.50
-21.3%
+19.8%$13.06B$4.29B0.006,372Analyst Downgrade
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