SUM vs. TECK, SQM, MDU, KNF, HL, USLM, SLCA, UUUU, LEU, and CMP
Should you be buying Summit Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Materials include Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Centrus Energy (LEU), and Compass Minerals International (CMP). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Materials. Summit Materials 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 385 more outperform votes than Summit Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.42% of users gave Summit Materials an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teck Resources has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Materials has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Teck Resources has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 8.36%. Summit Materials' return on equity of 7.52% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
Teck Resources currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.94%. Summit Materials has a consensus target price of $46.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.42%. Given Teck Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Summit Materials is more favorable than Teck Resources.
In the previous week, Summit Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Summit Materials and 6 mentions for Teck Resources. Summit Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.44 indicating that Teck Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Teck Resources beats Summit Materials on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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