SQM vs. MLM, VMC, TECK, SUM, MDU, KNF, HL, USLM, SLCA, and UUUU
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 Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Teck Resources (TECK), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), and Energy Fuels (UUUU). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Martin Marietta Materials currently has a consensus price target of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $63.78, suggesting a potential upside of 40.39%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile pays out 41.7% 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. Martin Marietta Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 6.25%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 30.74% beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity.
In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 5 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.98 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Martin Marietta Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Marietta Materials received 115 more outperform votes than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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