SQM vs. TECK, IP, BG, CF, GFI, WRK, SUZ, ALB, EMN, and RS
Should you be buying Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile include Teck Resources (TECK), International Paper (IP), Bunge Global (BG), CF Industries (CF), Gold Fields (GFI), WestRock (WRK), Suzano (SUZ), Albemarle (ALB), Eastman Chemical (EMN), and Reliance (RS). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a net margin of 26.95% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of 10.59%. Teck Resources' return on equity of 39.90% beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity.
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 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 currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.05%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $65.18, indicating a potential upside of 36.22%. Given Teck Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Teck Resources.
In the previous week, Teck Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Teck Resources and 3 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Teck Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.82 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 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 1.1%. Teck Resources pays out 16.4% 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 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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