TECK.A vs. MUX, MND, and AOT
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include McEwen Mining (MUX), Mandalay Resources (MND), and Ascot Resources (AOT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.A) and McEwen Mining (TSE:MUX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 32.92% 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.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.2% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.7% of Teck Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of McEwen Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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 -0.3% 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.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 3 more articles in the media than McEwen Mining. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Teck Resources and 2 mentions for McEwen Mining. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Teck Resources' score of -0.04 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Teck Resources beats McEwen Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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