TECK.A vs. MUX, MND, and AR
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 Argonaut Gold (AR). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, McEwen Mining had 8 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for McEwen Mining and 4 mentions for Teck Resources. McEwen Mining's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.19 indicating that McEwen Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
McEwen Mining has a net margin of 45.16% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 10.60%. McEwen Mining's return on equity of 9.96% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
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 0.7%. McEwen Mining pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Teck Resources pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McEwen Mining pays out 0.4% 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 a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McEwen Mining has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of McEwen Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 75.9% of Teck Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of McEwen Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
McEwen Mining beats Teck Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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