TECK vs. MLM, VMC, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, HL, USLM, SLCA, and UUUU
Should you be buying Teck Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teck Resources include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), 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.
Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Teck Resources' net margin of 10.59%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Teck Resources' return on equity.
78.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Teck Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Teck Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 6 mentions for Teck Resources. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Teck Resources' score of 0.73 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teck Resources received 314 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Teck Resources an outperform vote.
Teck Resources currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.94%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus target price of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 6.68%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than Teck Resources.
Teck Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Teck Resources pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% 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.
Teck Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta 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 has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Teck Resources on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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