TECK.B vs. NTR, WPM, FNV, ABX, AEM, IVN, FM, TNX, LUN, and K
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Nutrien (NTR), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Barrick Gold (ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Ivanhoe Mines (IVN), First Quantum Minerals (FM), TRX Gold (TNX), Lundin Mining (LUN), and Kinross Gold (K). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Nutrien (TSE:NTR) and Teck Resources (TSE:TECK.B) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Nutrien pays an annual dividend of C$2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Nutrien pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Teck Resources pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Nutrien has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teck Resources has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.5% of Nutrien shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Teck Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nutrien 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nutrien currently has a consensus target price of C$68.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.12%. Teck Resources has a consensus target price of C$72.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Nutrien's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Teck Resources is more favorable than Nutrien.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 4.48%. Nutrien's return on equity of 5.37% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Nutrien had 17 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Nutrien and 1 mentions for Teck Resources. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Nutrien's score of 0.10 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Teck Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutrien. Nutrien 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 305 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.88% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Nutrien on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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