TECK vs. SQM, STLD, PKX, MOS, FMC, BG, CF, WPM, WLK, and IP
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Steel Dynamics (STLD), POSCO (PKX), Mosaic (MOS), FMC (FMC), Bunge (BG), CF Industries (CF), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Westlake (WLK), and International Paper (IP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Teck Resources vs.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus price target of $95.60, suggesting a potential upside of 23.35%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.10%. 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.
18.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by company 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.
Teck Resources received 423 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.70% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 36.47% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 18.05%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 95.37% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 11 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Teck Resources and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.30 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $7.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teck Resources pays out 7.7% 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 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TECK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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