TECK.B vs. WPM, NTR, FNV, ABX, IVN, AEM, FM, TNX, LUN, and K
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Nutrien (NTR), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Barrick Gold (ABX), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), First Quantum Minerals (FM), TRX Gold (TNX), Lundin Mining (LUN), and Kinross Gold (K). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE:WPM) and Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.B) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. Teck Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.5% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Wheaton Precious Metals 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 52.92% compared to Wheaton Precious Metals' net margin of 16.05%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.52% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Wheaton Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of C$81.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.88%. Teck Resources has a consensus price target of C$71.86, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Given Teck Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wheaton Precious Metals is more favorable than Teck Resources.
In the previous week, Wheaton Precious Metals had 3 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Wheaton Precious Metals and 7 mentions for Teck Resources. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Wheaton Precious Metals' score of 0.42 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 52.5% 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 received 486 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.90% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Wheaton Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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