TECK vs. SQM, FNV, WPM, STLD, CCJ, NTR, MT, WLK, RS, and GOLD
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), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Cameco (CCJ), Nutrien (NTR), ArcelorMittal (MT), Westlake (WLK), Reliance (RS), and Barrick Gold (GOLD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 25 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Teck Resources and 10 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of -0.06 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources received 430 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 56.46% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teck Resources pays out 10.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile currently has a consensus target price of $65.18, suggesting a potential upside of 46.80%. Teck Resources has a consensus target price of $44.33, suggesting a potential downside of 11.84%. Given Teck Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Teck Resources.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 26.95% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 16.21%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 37.86% beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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