TECK.A vs. MUX, and MND
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include McEwen Mining (MUX), and Mandalay Resources (MND). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.A) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 1 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for McEwen Mining and 1 mentions for Teck Resources. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Teck Resources pays out 10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out 0.6% 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.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teck Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 33.27% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 16.05%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 8.52% beat McEwen Mining's return on equity.
McEwen Mining received 71 more outperform votes than Teck Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 66.51% of users gave McEwen Mining an outperform vote.
0.2% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 75.7% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of McEwen Mining shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Teck Resources beats McEwen Mining on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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