NTR vs. TECK.B, WPM, FNV, ABX, AEM, IVN, FM, TNX, LUN, and K
Should you be buying Nutrien stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nutrien include Teck Resources (TECK.B), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Barrick Gold (ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), First Quantum Minerals (FM), TRX Gold (TNX), Lundin Mining (LUN), and Kinross Gold (K). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Nutrien (TSE:NTR) and Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.B) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Teck Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutrien. Teck Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nutrien pays an annual dividend of C$2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Nutrien pays out 85.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Teck Resources pays out 10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 4.48%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 8.52% beat Nutrien's return on equity.
Nutrien has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Teck Resources and 2 mentions for Nutrien. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.58 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nutrien currently has a consensus price target of C$71.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of C$71.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.53%. Given Teck Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Nutrien.
Teck Resources received 303 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
68.5% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nutrien shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned 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.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Nutrien on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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