TECK vs. SQM, WPM, FNV, NTR, CCJ, GOLD, STLD, MT, WLK, and PPG
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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Nutrien (NTR), Cameco (CCJ), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Steel Dynamics (STLD), ArcelorMittal (MT), Westlake (WLK), and PPG Industries (PPG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. 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.
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.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.29%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $65.18, indicating a potential upside of 39.30%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, 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 Teck Resources' net margin of 10.59%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 39.90% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Teck Resources and Teck Resources both had 5 articles in the media. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.59 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Teck Resources pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 7.8% 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. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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