SQM vs. TECK, CCJ, NXE, MP, AESI, ERO, NGD, EU, MTAL, and LAAC
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), Cameco (CCJ), NexGen Energy (NXE), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), New Gold (NGD), enCore Energy (EU), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Teck Resources received 434 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.72% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Teck Resources and 10 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.18 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Teck Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile presently has a consensus price target of $59.81, indicating a potential upside of 56.08%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $57.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.83%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Teck Resources.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 6.25%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 30.74% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teck Resources pays out 16.4% 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.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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