TECK vs. CCJ, SQM, NXE, MP, AESI, ERO, NGD, EU, MTAL, and LAAC
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Cameco (CCJ), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), 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.
Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) 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 valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Teck Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cameco pays out 23.1% 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. Teck Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Teck Resources received 285 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.90% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cameco had 2 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cameco and 20 mentions for Teck Resources. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Cameco's score of 0.55 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $45.70, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of $57.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.83%. Given Cameco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Cameco.
Cameco has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 9.28%. Cameco's return on equity of 6.61% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Cameco on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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