Teck Resources (TECK) Competitors

Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, VALE or TECK?

Vale has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VALE or TECK?

21.9% of Vale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VALE or TECK a better dividend stock?

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Vale pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teck Resources pays out 58.6% 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. Vale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend VALE or TECK?

Vale currently has a consensus price target of $12.13, suggesting a potential upside of 30.44%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $64.11, suggesting a potential upside of 88.56%. Given Teck Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Vale.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Teck Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the media refer more to VALE or TECK?

In the previous week, Teck Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Teck Resources and 22 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.77 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vale	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teck Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VALE or TECK?

Teck Resources received 22 more outperform votes than Vale when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.78% of users gave Vale an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vale	Outperform Votes 792 60.78%	Underperform Votes 511 39.22%
Teck Resources	Outperform Votes 814 59.46%	Underperform Votes 555 40.54%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VALE or TECK?

Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Teck Resources. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vale	$38.06B	1.11	$7.98B	$1.38	6.74
Teck Resources	$9.74B	1.72	$1.78B	$0.58	58.62

Is VALE or TECK more profitable?

Vale has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 2.96%. Vale's return on equity of 17.38% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vale	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%
Teck Resources	2.96%	4.59%	2.50%

Summary

Teck Resources beats Vale on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.